遭 — kanji meaning “encounter”
遭
encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join
- Meanings
- encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- あ.う、あ.わせる
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1554 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- zāo — Chinese character page
Words with 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) |
| 遭難者 | そうなんしゃ sounansha | victim; sufferer |
| 遭難信号 | そうなんしんごう sounanshingou | distress signal; SOS |
| 遭遇戦 | そうぐうせん souguusen | encounter; engagement; battle |
| 難に遭う | なんにあう nanniau | to meet with disaster |
| 遭難船 | そうなんせん sounansen | wrecked ship; ship in distress |
| 遭遇説 | そうぐうせつ souguusetsu | tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis |
| 遭難死 | そうなんし sounanshi | accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked) |
| 遭逢 | そうほう souhou | meeting by chance; running into; coming upon |
| 二重遭難 | にじゅうそうなん nijuusounan | double disaster |
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