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遭 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
あ.う・あ.わせるa.u · a.waseru
Meaning
encounter; meet with

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

辶 "to go" with 曹: to run into something on the way — to encounter.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō遭遇そうぐう遭難そうなん
Kunあうau遭うあう

Compare: 合う・会う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 遭難そうなん

    disaster; being stranded

  • 遭遇そうぐう

    encounter

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)で吹雪(ふぶき)に遭(あ)った。

We met with a blizzard on the mountain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

遭遇遭難遭遇meet難diffic…逮arrest遂accomp…遵abide…込put in…辺area双pair桑mulber…掃sweep葬bury滝waterf…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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