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遭
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meet with

HSK 6 N1
Human →Actions
zāo
ソウ
あ.う、あ.わせる
조
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.
Components
辶 walk+ 曹 Cao =
遭 meet with
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
辶 is a component form of 辵.
曹 Phonetic component
cáo Cao
ministry officials
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Notes
Similar Characters
巡 patrol暹 rise边 margin (simp)辽 distant (iii) (simp)达 arrive (simp)迁 shift (simp)迂 doctrinaire迄 so far迅 speedy过 through (simp)迈 take a big stride (simp)迎 greet运 luck (simp)近 near迓 to go to meet返 go back迕 obstinate (iii)还 yet (simp)这 here (simp)进 make (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
遭 [zāo]
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
遭到 [zāo​dào] #3,898
to suffer
遭遇 [zāo​yù] #3,944
to meet with
遭受 [zāo​shòu] #4,307
to suffer
惨遭 [cǎn​zāo] #15,239
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
惨遭 [cǎn​zāo] #15,239
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
遭殃 [zāo​yāng] #12,958
to suffer a calamity
免遭 [miǎn​zāo] #18,021
to avoid suffering
周遭 [zhōu​zāo] #21,440
surrounding
屡遭 [lǚ​zāo] #29,575
to suffer repeatedly
屡遭 [lǚ​zāo] #29,575
to suffer repeatedly
14 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 会う [あう] #172
to meet
⭐ 出会う [であう] #858
to meet (by chance)
⭐ 出会い [であい] #2,853
meeting
⭐ 遭遇 [そうぐう] #3,717
encounter
目にあう [めにあう] #4,520
to experience (something unpleasant)
⭐ 遭難 [そうなん] #15,305
(meeting with) disaster
事故にあう [じこにあう] #18,949
to have an accident
ひどい目にあう [ひどいめにあう] #19,579
to have a bad time
痛い目にあう [いたいめにあう] #25,577
to go through a bitter experience
会わす [あわす] #41,604
to make (someone) to meet
19 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
조난
shipwreck; accident
조난자
shipwrecked person; person being trapped
조우
encounter