遭 – encounter, meet, party

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1554 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 遭 means encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.う、あ.わせる (au, awaseru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	あ.う	au
Kun’yomi	あ.わせる	awaseru

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: ｜・一・込・日.

Words using 遭

遭うあうto meet遭難そうなん(meeting with) disaster

Example sentences

駅へ行く途中でにわか雨に遭った。

I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.

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彼らは山で遭難した。

They met with an accident in the mountains.

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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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