遇
(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,469 U+9047
How 遇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 禺 (phonetic, yú)
components: 辶 禺
How to remember it
encounter · Heisig RSH #1443
Talking Cricket + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 禺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 禺 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禺 sound component | yú | district; mountain in Zhejiang |
| 偶 | ǒu | accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol |
| 愚 | yú | stupid, foolish |
| 寓 | yù | residence, lodge, dwelling |
| 耦 | ǒu | to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two |
| 隅 | yú | corner, cranny, niche |
| 喁 | yóng | to breathe like a fish; to gasp for breath |
Words containing 遇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遇事生风 | yù shì shēng fēng | to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom) |
| 可遇不可求 | kě yù bù kě qiú | can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipito… |
| 百年不遇 | bǎi nián bù yù | only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) |
| 不期而遇 | bù qī ér yù | meet by chance; have a chance encounter |
| 流离遇合 | liú lí yù hé | to reunite after being homeless refugees |
| 超国民待遇 | chāo guó mín dài yù | (law) privileges granted to foreigners exceeding those accorded to nationals of the host c… |
| 国民待遇 | guó mín dài yù | (law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and co… |
| 遇难者 | yù nàn zhě | victim; fatality |
| 知遇之恩 | zhī yù zhī ēn | lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protecti… |
| 随遇而安 | suí yù ér ān | at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with go… |
| 特别待遇 | tè bié dài yù | special treatment |
| 遇难船 | yù nán chuán | shipwreck |
| 机遇 | jī yù | opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck |
| 遇上 | yù shàng | to come across (sb); to run into |
| 外遇 | wài yù | extramarital affair |
| 相遇 | xiāng yù | to meet; to encounter; to come across |
| 怀才不遇 | huái cái bù yù | to have talent but no opportunity (idiom); to be an unrecognized talent |
| 遇火 | yù huǒ | to catch fire; to ignite |
| 路遇 | lù yù | to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere; to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere |
| 遇强则强 | yù qiáng zé qiáng | tough adversaries make you stronger |