遭

encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あ.うあ.わせる

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1554

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
遭難	ソウナン	(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
遭遇	ソウグウ	encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
遭難者	ソウナンシャ	victim; sufferer
遭難信号	ソウナンシンゴウ	distress signal; SOS
遭遇戦	ソウグウセン	encounter; engagement; battle

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
遭う	あう	to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
出遭い	であい	meeting; rendezvous; encounter; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
出遭う	であう	to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
遭わせる	あわせる	to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
災難に遭う	さいなんにあう	to meet with misfortune

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

office, official, comrade, fellow

risk, face, defy, dare, damage, assume (a name)

take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique

placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking

send back, return

bountiful, excellent, rich

grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft