Phono-semantic compound:
水 (물 수, “water”) — semantic element, relating to flow or movement.
帶 (띠 대, “belt, to carry”) — phonetic element, lending the sound 체/zhì.
The combination expresses the idea of “water being held back or obstructed,” hence “stagnation, blockage.”

Conveys both physical blockage (water or traffic being stuck) and abstract delay (affairs not proceeding smoothly).
Frequently appears in compounds with 遲 (지체, tardy) and 停 (정체, halt).
지체 (遲滯) — delay, hindrance
정체 (停滯) — stagnation, congestion
애체 (礙滯) — obstruction, impediment

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clear, pure, clean, fresh

to lessen, to reduce, to subtract

to cross, to ferry, to carry across, to pass through, to overcome

the name of the Wei River

to boil, soup or broth, bathwater

origin, source, root, spring of water, cause, foundation

standard, criterion, norm, to match, to be equal to, water level, plumb line

warm, mild, temperate

to be blocked, delayed

full, filled, to fill, to satisfy, abundance, satisfaction

to fish, to catch fish, to angle, to gather aquatic life

to drift, to float, to wander, to move about, to wash, to rinse (as in laundry)

to spread out, to extend, to perform, to act, to explain, to expound, to evolve, to develop

vast, boundless, desolate, silent, desert

Sino-, China

scatter, overflow, freely

pond, marsh, swamp, moist, damp, glistening, benefit, favor, grace

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滯

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