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    3. 遭

    遭

    遭あ.う

    encounter

    N1KMT9Freq #1554Core ConceptsKanji14 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    あ.うあ.わせる

    On'yomi

    ソウ

    encountermeetpartyassociationinterviewjoin

    曹⻌

    日
    丿
    十
    廾
    ⻌

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    漕適遍遼遮槽農豊適豊農迅迫遍遮遼遷

    Alternative forms of this concept

    辶
    辵

    Concepts using this kanji

    遭難

    (meeting with) disaster

    遭遇

    encounter

    二重遭難

    double disaster

    遭難者

    victim

    遭難死

    accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

    遭難信号

    distress signal

    痛い目に遭わす

    to make a person sweat for it

    痛い目に遭わせる

    to make (a person) pay for (something)

    遭難船

    wrecked ship

    難に遭う

    to meet with disaster

    災難に遭う

    to meet with misfortune

    遭難救助隊

    rescue party

    遭遇戦

    encounter

    遭遇説

    tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system)

    遭逢

    meeting by chance

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 十
    • 廾
    • 日
    • ⻌

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    • 災難に遭う
    • 遭遇
    • 遭難
    • 遭難者
    • 遭難信号
    • 遭遇戦
    • 痛い目に遭わす
    • 痛い目に遭わせる
    • 難に遭う
    • 遭難船
    • 遭遇説
    • 遭難救助隊
    • 遭難死
    • 遭逢
    • 二重遭難

    Similar concepts

    • 漕
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    • 遍
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    • 槽
    • 農
    • 豊
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    • 迫
    • 遷

    Variants

    • 辶
    • 辵

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