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遇 = 禺 + 辶

遇 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “interview”. It is built from 禺 (talking cricket) and 辶 (road). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2106.

Keyword
interview
RTK frame
2106
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
グウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あ.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
meet, интервью
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
遇 meet

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禺 talking cricket
  2. 辶 road

How to find 遇 without knowing its reading

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

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