遭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
Kun (native)
  • あ(う)JHS
  • あ(わせる)
Other languages
  • 拼音zao1
  • 한글jo
  • Hán-ViệtTao

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+906D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶曹

Words using this kanji

  • 遭難そうなん災難に遭遇すること。登山や航海で命に関わる危険な目に遭うこと。 (特に登山や航海で)災難に遭遇する。(meeting with) disaster, (having an) accident, mishap, shipwreck
  • 遭遇そうぐう思いがけない人・物・出来事などに出会うこと。偶然出会うこと。「遭」も「遇」も「不意に会う」の意。エンカウント。 偶然出会う。encounter, running into, meeting with (e.g. an accident), being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
  • 遭逢そうほう出会うこと。遭遇すること。meeting by chance, running into, coming upon, encounter
  • 遭難者そうなんしゃ遭難した者。災難に遭遇した者。victim, sufferer
  • 遭遇戦そうぐうせんencounter, engagement, battle
  • 遭難船そうなんせんwrecked ship, ship in distress
  • 遭遇説そうぐうせつtidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system), near-collision hypothesis
  • 遭難死そうなんしaccidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
  • 遭難信号そうなんしんごうdistress signal, SOS
  • 遭難救助隊そうなんきゅうじょたいrescue party

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-11
Four Corner
3530.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q11.2
Heisig
1258
Nelson
4736