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Kotomora

遇

meet, encounter, interview, treat, entertain, receive, deal with

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • グウ

Kun'yomi

  • あ.う

Meaning

遇 centers on coming into contact with someone or something: meeting, encountering, or receiving a person. The ideas of treating, entertaining, or dealing with someone grow naturally from that initial meeting.

Most common words using 遇

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  • 遭遇そうぐう
    N1

    encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

  • 待遇たいぐう
    N1

    treatment; reception; service

  • 優遇ゆうぐう

    favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome

  • 境遇きょうぐう
    N1

    one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

  • 遇うあしらう

    to treat; to handle; to deal with

  • 処遇しょぐう

    treatment (of a person); dealing with

  • 奇遇きぐう

    unexpected meeting; coincidence

  • 不遇ふぐう

    misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

  • 冷遇れいぐう

    cold reception; inhospitality

  • 厚遇こうぐう

    cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality

  • 千載一遇せんざいいちぐう

    once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

  • 最優遇さいゆうぐう

    most favourable treatment; most favorable treatment; very warm reception

  • 一遇いちぐう

    one meeting

  • 不遇をかこつふぐうをかこつ

    to complain about one's hard lot

  • 不遇時代ふぐうじだい

    one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity

  • 会遇かいぐう

    meeting; happening across

  • 値遇ちぐう

    being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)

  • 優遇措置ゆうぐうそち

    preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive

  • 内国民待遇ないこくみんたいぐう

    national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally

  • 前官礼遇ぜんかんれいぐう

    (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post

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Etymology

遇 combines 辶 (movement) with 禺, which likely contributes the sound. The idea is moving toward a meeting or encounter.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around 禺. Picture walking along a path and unexpectedly encountering someone: 遇 is that meeting.

Reading mnemonic

For グウ, imagine meeting a gooey creature on the path: goo -> グウ, and the encounter is sticky and memorable.