遇
遇 — Meet
meet, encounter, interview, treat, entertain, receive
On’yomiグウ (guu)
Kun’yomiあう (au)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 遇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 待遇 | たいぐう taiguu | treatment; reception; service |
| 優遇 | ゆうぐう yuuguu | favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality |
| 処遇 | しょぐう shoguu | treatment (of a person); dealing with |
| 最優遇 | さいゆうぐう saiyuuguu | most favourable treatment; most favorable treatment; very warm reception |
| 境遇 | きょうぐう kyouguu | one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life) |
| 不遇 | ふぐう fuguu | misfortune; ill fate; bad luck |
Study notes
遇 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1343 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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