Chinese Character 遭 Meanings and components.

Form

遭

Meaning

遭 meaning[3] in English

To Meet By Chance (Usually With Misfortune).

Classifier For Events: Time, Turn, Incident.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 遭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (side … (辶) , and surname Cao (曹)

Its radical[1] is: 辵 (chuo4) which means: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character), .辵chuo4to walk …

In cangjie it is written with YTWA

How to write 遭

To write遭zao1to meet … you should write a combination of 辶chuo4to walk … , 曹cao2surname Cao arranged in a 吅 shape:

辶 + 曹 = 遭

遭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 遭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 遭, looks as follow:

遭
Pinyin:zao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Meet By Chance (Usually With Misfortune) . Classifier For Events: Time, Turn, Incident
辶
Pinyin:chuo4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Walk (Side Part Of Split Character)
曹
Pinyin:cao2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Cao . Zhou Dynasty Vassal State
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
曲
Pinyin:qu1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Qu
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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