遇

遇

遇 U+9047, 遇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9047 ← 遆 [U+9046] CJK Unified Ideographs 遈 → [U+9048]

Translingual

Stroke order

Mainland China and Japan

Han character

遇 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜田中月 (YWLB), four-corner 3630₂, composition ⿺辶禺)

Derived characters

• 𢡎, 𣜛, 𬩔, 𥴪

References

• KangXi: page 1261, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38991
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3857, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9047

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Chinese

trad.		遇
simp. #		遇
2nd round simp.		迂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (禺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
齵	*ŋoː, *ŋo
偶	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	*ŋo, *ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋos) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 禺 (OC *ŋo, *ŋos).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi
• Min Dong (BUC): ngê̤ṳ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gū / gī / bū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): nyu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋøy²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū
    • Tâi-lô: gū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
    • Tâi-lô: gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bū
    • Tâi-lô: bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: nyu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲv̩ʷ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋɨo^H/

Rime
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牛具切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ŋioH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)o-s/
English	meet with
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15929
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遇
Old Chinese	/*ŋos/

Definitions

遇

1. to meet; to come across; to encounter; to run into
2. (literary, or in compounds) to treat; to handle; to receive; to entertain
3. (literary, or in compounds) chance; fortune; opportunity
4. 43rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "encounters" (𝌰)
5. a surname

Synonyms

• (to meet):

Dialectal synonyms of 遇 (“to encounter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遇, 碰, 遭
Mandarin	Taiwan	遇, 碰
	Malaysia	遇, 碰
	Singapore	遇, 碰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	遇, 撞
	Hong Kong	遇, 撞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	遇, 撞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	遇
Hakka	Meixian	遇, 撞
Min Nan	Xiamen	拄, 撞, 衝, 磅
	Quanzhou	拄, 撞, 衝
	Zhangzhou	拄, 衝
	Tainan	拄, 撞, 磅
	Penang (Hokkien)	拄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拄
	Manila (Hokkien)	拄, 遇
	Chaozhou	遇, 堵
	Shantou	遇
	Jieyang	遇, 堵
	Singapore (Teochew)	堵

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Synonyms of 遇

拄著／拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Min Nan) 相拄 (Min Nan) 相逢 (xiāngféng) 相遇 (xiāngyù) (literary) 碰到 (pèngdào)

蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer) 逢 (féng) 遇到 (yùdào) 遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer) 遭逢 (zāoféng)

遭遇 (zāoyù) 慘遭／惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer) 攤／摊 (tān) (to befall) 碰見／碰见 (pèngjiàn) 遇見／遇见 (yùjiàn)

• (opportunity):

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Synonyms of 遇

火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative) 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of) 空隙 (kòngxì) 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional) 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)

因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán) 契機／契机 (qìjī) 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle) 時機／时机 (shíjī) 機會／机会 (jīhuì)

機遇／机遇 (jīyù) 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou) 縫縫／缝缝 (Sichuan, Wu) 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (Sichuan) 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

Compounds

不期而遇 (bùqī'éryù) 不遇 值遇 冷遇 (lěngyù) 厚遇 (hòuyù) 境遇 (jìngyù) 外遇 (wàiyù) 奇遇 (qíyù) 宿遇 巧遇 (qiǎoyù) 待遇 (dàiyù) 恩遇 意遇 感遇 景遇 殊遇 特惠待遇 百不一遇 百年不遇 (bǎiniánbùyù) 相遇 (xiāngyù) 眷遇 知遇 (zhīyù) 知遇之恩 神遇

精神外遇 良遇 萍水相遇 遇上 (yùshàng) 遇人不淑 (yùrénbùshū) 遇便 遇到 (yùdào) 遇刺 (yùcì) 遇合 遇害 (yùhài) 遇救 遇物持平 遭遇 (zāoyù) 邂逅相遇 備受禮遇／备受礼遇 優惠待遇／优惠待遇 優遇／优遇 (yōuyù) 千載一遇／千载一遇 (qiānzǎiyīyù) 天緣奇遇／天缘奇遇 寵遇／宠遇 將遇良才／将遇良才 差別待遇／差别待遇 懷才不遇／怀才不遇 (huái cái bù yù) 時遇／时遇

機遇／机遇 (jīyù) 生不遇時／生不遇时 禮遇／礼遇 (lǐyù) 累進處遇／累进处遇 視遇／视遇 詭遇／诡遇 豔遇／艳遇 (yànyù) 身不遇時／身不遇时 輳遇／辏遇 逢時遇節／逢时遇节 遇事生風／遇事生风 遇缺不補／遇缺不补 遇見／遇见 (yùjiàn) 遇險／遇险 (yùxiǎn) 遇難／遇难 (yùnàn) 遇難成祥／遇难成祥 遭時不遇／遭时不遇 遭遇戰／遭遇战 (zāoyùzhàn) 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) 隨遇平衡／随遇平衡 (suíyù pínghéng) 隨遇而安／随遇而安 (suíyù'ér'ān) 顧遇／顾遇 齒遇／齿遇

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Japanese

Shinjitai	遇
Kyūjitai [1]	遇󠄁 遇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遇󠄄 遇+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. interview
2. treat
3. entertain
4. receive
5. deal with

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū, Jōyō)
• Kun: あう (au, 遇う); もてなす (motenasu, 遇す); たまたま (tamatama, 遇)

References

1. “遇”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遇 (MC ŋɨo^H).

Hanja

Wikisource遇 (eumhun 만날 우 (mannal u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“meet”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 경우 (境遇, gyeong'u)
• 대우 (待遇, dae'u)
• 처우 (處遇, cheou)
• 예우 (禮遇, yeu)
• 불우 (不遇, buru)
• 조우 (遭遇, jou)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

遇: Hán Nôm readings: ngộ

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