遇 – meet, encounter, interview

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1343 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 遇 means meet, encounter, interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is グウ (guu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.う (au). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	グウ	guu
Kun’yomi	あ.う	au

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 込・田・冂・厶・禹.

Words using 遇

境遇きょうぐうone's circumstances待遇たいぐうtreatment

Example sentences

そのような境遇であったにもかかわらず、彼は自分一人で道を切り開いた。

Although he was in such circumstances, he made his way by himself.

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彼はいつも待遇が悪いと不平を言っている。

He is always complaining of ill treatment.

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Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追退辺造達

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