遭

encounter; meet; party; association; interview; join

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1554.

Readings

• ソウ (on reading): 遭遇 (そうぐう) encounter; 遭難 (そうなん) (meeting with) disaster
• あう (kun reading): 災難に遭う (さいなんにあう) to meet with misfortune; 難に遭う (なんにあう) to meet with disaster
• あわせる (kun reading)

Components

• 曹
• ⻌
• 一 radical one
• ｜ radical vertical stroke
• ⻌ radical movement; road
• 日 radical sun; day

Words using 遭

• 遭遇 (そうぐう) encounter
• 遭難 (そうなん) (meeting with) disaster
• 遭難者 (そうなんしゃ) victim
• 遭難信号 (そうなんしんごう) distress signal
• 遭遇戦 (そうぐうせん) encounter
• 災難に遭う (さいなんにあう) to meet with misfortune
• 難に遭う (なんにあう) to meet with disaster

13 words in all.

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