Memory phrase for the character: 遭

遭

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Meaning

encounter, meet, associate, join

Pronunciation

 SŌ
au

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: companion 曹 (Such that ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)

Mnemonic
 
Companions need to move, if they want to encounter.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
曹 comrade
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
曲 to bendThe two shoots || protruding high in the rice field 田 bend in the wind.
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 Vocabulary

遭う あう  to meet, to encounter (undesirable nuance)
遭難 そうなん  disaster, shipwreck, accident

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