Hanja Analyzer
遭

遭 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
만날 조
Romanization
jo
English
come across, meet with, encounter
Mandarin
zāo
Japanese on'yomi
ソウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あ.う あ.わせる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,554 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
辵 (162, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
曹(조)
Unicode
U+906D

Parts that make up 遭

  • 曹 무리 조sound 두 묶음을 나란히 놓은 모양무리. ‘조’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 遭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 遭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辵, 曹.

Korean example words with 遭

  • 조우遭遇 Korean gloss: 우연히 서로 만남
  • 조난선遭難船 Korean gloss: 항해를 하는 도중에 재난을 만난 배
  • 조난자遭難者 Korean gloss: 항해나 등산 따위를 하는 도중에 재난을 만난 사람
  • 조난지遭難地 Korean gloss: 항해나 등산 따위를 하는 도중에 재난이 일어난 곳
  • 조우전遭遇戰 Korean gloss: 쌍방의 군대가 행군하다가 갑작스럽게 부딪쳐 벌이는 전투
  • 조간遭艱 Korean gloss: 부모의 상(喪)을 당함.
  • 조고遭故 Korean gloss: 부모의 상(喪)을 당함.
  • 조운遭運 Korean gloss: 숙명적인 운명에 맞닥뜨림.
  • 조화遭禍 Korean gloss: 화를 입거나 재앙을 당함.
  • 조명遭命 Korean gloss: 삼명(三命) 가운데 하나. 선한 일을 하여도 재앙을 만나는 운명을 이른다.
  • 조봉하다遭逢 Korean gloss: 우연히 서로 만나다.
  • 소조하다所遭 Korean gloss: 치욕이나 고난을 당하다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 遭

  • 遭難そうなん (meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap
  • 遭遇そうぐう encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident)
  • 遭逢そうほう meeting by chance; running into; coming upon
  • 遭難者そうなんしゃ victim; sufferer
  • 遭遇戦そうぐうせん encounter; engagement; battle
  • 遭難船そうなんせん wrecked ship; ship in distress
  • 遭遇説そうぐうせつ tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
  • 遭難死そうなんし accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
  • 遭難信号そうなんしんごう distress signal; SOS
  • 難に遭うなんにあう to meet with disaster
  • 二重遭難にじゅうそうなん double disaster
  • 災難に遭うさいなんにあう to meet with misfortune

Characters sharing the phonetic 曹

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “조” in Korean.

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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