遭遇
zāo​yù HSK6

encounter

遭 zāo come across

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

曹
曹 Sound component
cáo plaintiff and defendant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsawtsˤuencounter (v.)
Zhengzhangʔsluː
Unicodetzɑu

說文解字

遇也。从辵曹聲。一曰邐行。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遇 yù meet

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 禺 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

禺
禺 Sound component
yú, yù, ǒu district

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjuHŋ(r)o-s meet with

說文解字

逢也。从辵禺聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)