Kanji
遭
N1
14 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1554
encounter, meet, party, association, interview
On'yomi (音読み)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あ.う、 あ.わせる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
遭難
そうなん
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident
遭遇
そうぐう
encounter; running into
遭難者
そうなんしゃ
victim; sufferer
遭難信号
そうなんしんごう
distress signal; SOS
遭遇戦
そうぐうせん
encounter; engagement
遭難船
そうなんせん
wrecked ship; ship in distress
遭遇説
そうぐうせつ
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
遭難救助隊
そうなんきゅうじょたい
rescue party
遭難死
そうなんし
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
遭逢
そうほう
meeting by chance; running into
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
災難に遭う
さいなんにあう
to meet with misfortune
難に遭う
なんにあう
to meet with disaster