逢
Stroke order
This stroke order diagram is drawn with 11 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「辵」+音符「夆」。「会う」「迎える」を意味する漢語｛逢｝を表す字。もと「夆」が｛逢｝を表す字であったが、「辵」を加えた。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
meeting, tryst, date, rendezvous
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ホウ
- Kun (native)
- あ(う)
- むか(える)
- Nanori (used in names)
- あい
- おう
- Other languages
- 拼音feng2
- 한글bong
- Hán-ViệtPhùng
Basics
- Strokes
- 10 strokes
- Radical
- 辵(しんにょう)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+9022
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶夆
Words using this kanji
- 逢瀬おうせ会う機会。愛し合う男女が秘密に出会うこと。rendezvous, tryst, (lover's) meeting, (secret) date
- 逢着ほうちゃく出会うこと。出くわすこと。encountering, facing, being confronted with, coming upon
- 逢引あいびき男女が密かに会うこと。密会。clandestine meeting (of lovers), assignation, tryst, (lovers') rendezvous
- 逢魔が時おうまがときtwilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
- 逢うは別れの始めあうはわかれのはじめwe meet only to part
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-3-7- Four Corner
3730.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q7.15- Heisig
- 2497
- Nelson
- 4694