逅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hòu

meet unexpectedly

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 后 represents the sound.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

后 Sound component

hòu

queen, after

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hòu

meet unexpectedly; to meet unexpectedly

Most common words with 逅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	邂逅	to meet by chance
	逅	to meet unexpectedly

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g]ˤro-s	huwH	hòu	邂逅 xièhòu carefree (Odes 94.1–2, 118.2)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4468th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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