遭
遭 — Encounter
encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join
On’yomiソウ (sou)
Kun’yomiあう (au)
Kun’yomiあわせる (awaseru)
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 遭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遭難 | そうなん sounan | (meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap |
| 遭遇 | そうぐう souguu | encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident) |
Study notes
遭 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1554 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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