Chinese Character Wiki
遇

yù

meet

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

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

禺 sound component

禺  Sound component

yú, ǒu, yù

  

district

Evolution

遇 Bronze script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Bronze script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
遇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遇  

yù

meet, come across, encounter; to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance

遇  

Yù

surname Yu

Most common words with 遇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

遇到

to meet

遇

to meet

遇见

to meet

遭遇

to meet with

机遇

opportunity

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ŋ(r)o-s

ngjuH

yù

meet with


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 59.9071% of movies

740th most common character in movies

899th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+9047

Shuowen

“遇，逢也。从辵，禺聲。”


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