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遭 = 曹 + 辶

遭 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “encounter”. It is built from 曹 (cadet) and 辶 (road). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1258.

Keyword
encounter
RTK frame
1258
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あ.う, あ.わせる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
встреча
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
遭 come across

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 曹 cadet
  2. 辶 road

How to find 遭 without knowing its reading

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

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