そう
遭
ぐう
遇

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. encounter, running into, meeting with (e.g. an accident), being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
そう
遭
ぐう
遇
遭遇 そうぐう ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

encounter, meet, party
あ.う ソウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
office, official, comrade
ソウ (Early High School, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
bend, music, melody
キョク ま.がる くま (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
meet, encounter, interview
グウ あ.う (Late Jr. High, N1)
long-tailed monkey
グ グウ おながざる (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ ニチ にっ (1st, N5)
rump, footprint radical (no. 114)
ジュウ ニュ あしあと
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)