遭 = 辶 + 曹

遭 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “come across”. It is built from 辶 (walk) and 曹 (ministry officials).

Keyword: come across
Pinyin (Mandarin): zāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: come across, meet with, encounter, встреча, meet with, encounter
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 遭 encounter

Decomposition

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辶 walk
曹 ministry officials

How to find 遭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “walk” + “ministry officials”. 遭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 遭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.