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待 means 'wait'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 300   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-6    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 11    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 79 words   Used in 187 words   Used in 142 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   タイ
Kun
   まつ to wait
Additional readings
Kun    -まち
Name    まち   まつ
Components
⿰  彳 step  寺 temple  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 待 is used 10 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 待 is used 175 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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タイ : 70 words FIND ALL
き た い 0
expectation; anticipation; hope
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タイ (read as だい) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
existing in opposition or interdependence  (see also: 絶待; Buddhist term)
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まつ : 87 words FIND ALL
ま つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait  (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)
2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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まつ (read as まつ) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
1. night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come  (archaic)
2. night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar  (archaic)
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まち: 13 words. FIND ALL
ま ち あ い 0
1. rendezvous; meeting; assignation
noun
2. area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
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An additional 12 less common words include 待 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 357 (originally: 337)  Joy o' Kanji : 337  Key to Kanji: 697 

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待
タイ   まつ to wait   
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彳
step
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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