encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join
遭 centers on coming together with someone or something, often with a sense of happening upon or encountering. The given meanings—meet, encounter, party, association, interview, join—all extend from this idea of a meeting or connection.
遭 combines 辶 (movement) with 曹, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a pair or group, suggesting a meeting or encounter while moving.
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 曹, like paths converging. Picture two groups moving along a road and meeting at a central point: 遭 is that encounter.
For ソウ, imagine a soulful encounter where two old friends meet on the road: soul -> ソウ, and the meeting is heartfelt.
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
double disaster
to meet with misfortune
meeting by chance; running into; coming upon; encounter
encounter; engagement; battle
tidal hypothesis (of the origin of the solar system); near-collision hypothesis
distress signal; SOS
rescue party
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
victim; sufferer
wrecked ship; ship in distress
to meet with disaster