01
遭う
あう
to meet with (misfortune)
Meanings
- encounter
- meet
- party
- association
- interview
- join
Readings
Onyomi
- ソウ
Kunyomi
- あ.う
- あ.わせる
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Useful words
02
遭遇
そうぐう
encounter
03
遭難
そうなん
disaster (at sea/mountain)
04
目に遭う
めにあう
to experience (something bad)
05
事故に遭う
じこにあう
to be in an accident
06
酷い目に遭う
ひどいめにあう
to have a terrible time
Compare Kanji
01曹Shape98%office, official曹 forms the main part of 遭, making the two look very similar.02遇Component95%meet, encounterBoth kanji share the road radical and are used for encountering something, often by chance.03逢Meaning92%date, meetingThese kanji both describe the act of meeting, though 逢 is often used more poetically.04会Meaning88%meeting, meetBoth characters mean 'to meet,' but 遭 is often used for unexpected or negative events.05槽Shape86%vat, tubBoth kanji share the 曹 component, which can lead to visual confusion.06難Meaning82%difficult, impossibleThese are frequently seen together in words describing accidents or disasters.