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遭

encounter
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingあ.う、あ.わせる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. encounterRtK
    彼は途中で事故に遭ったかもしれない。He may have met with an accident on the way.tatoeba
    岡本宮が火災に遭う。Okamoto Palace caught fire.wiki
  2. meet
  3. party
  4. association
  5. interview
  6. join
  1. running into
  2. meeting with (e.g. an accident)
  3. being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cadet · one (一) · bend · sun (日) · day (日) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1258

Compound words

遭うあう
to meet
遭遇そうぐう
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
遭難そうなん
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
出遭いであい
meeting
出遭うであう
to meet (by chance)
遭難者そうなんしゃ
victim
遭わせるあわせる
to make (someone) to meet
遭難信号そうなんしんごう
distress signal
目に遭うめにあう
to experience (something unpleasant)
遭遇するそうぐうする
encounter
災難に遭うさいなんにあう
to meet with misfortune

Additional Examples

彼は随分遅いので、途中で事故に遭ったのかもしれない。
Since he is very late, he may have met with an accident on his way.tatoeba
彼は事故に遭って骨を折った。
He met with an accident and broke some bones.tatoeba
岡本宮が火災に遭う。
Okamoto Palace caught fire.wiki
- 岡本宮が火災に遭う。
Okamoto Palace suffered a fire.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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