遭(zāo)

HSK 614 strokes

to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)

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Character information

Pinyin
zāo
Meaning
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 遭 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿺辶曹

In this compound, the meaning comes from 辶 (walk); 曹 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

辶chuò曹cáo

Parts are arranged enclosing from the lower left.

How to write 遭 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 遭

Common words using 遭 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zāo遭dào到
HSK 6

to suffer

Open 遭到 page →
zāo遭shòu受
HSK 6

to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)

Open 遭受 page →
zāo遭yù遇
HSK 6

to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship)

Open 遭遇 page →
zāo遭yāng殃
HSK 7-9

to suffer a calamity

Open 遭殃 page →
miǎn免zāo遭

to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared

Open 免遭 page →
zhōu周zāo遭

surrounding; nearby

Open 周遭 page →
lǚ屡zāo遭

to suffer repeatedly

Open 屡遭 page →
cǎn惨zāo遭

to suffer (defeat, death etc)

Open 惨遭 page →

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