遇

遇 U+9047, 遇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9047 ← 遆 [U+9046] CJK Unified Ideographs 遈 → [U+9048]

Translingual

Stroke order

Mainland China and Japan

Han character

遇 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜田中月 (YWLB), four-corner 3630₂, composition ⿺辶禺)

Derived characters

• 𢡎, 𣜛, 𬩔, 𥴪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1261, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38991
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3857, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9047

Chinese

trad.		遇
simp. #		遇
2nd round simp.		迂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (禺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
齵	*ŋoː, *ŋo
偶	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋoːs
耦	*ŋoːʔ
藕	*ŋoːʔ
髃	*ŋoːʔ, *ŋo
蕅	*ŋoːʔ
愚	*ŋo
隅	*ŋo
禺	*ŋo, *ŋos
湡	*ŋo
堣	*ŋo
嵎	*ŋo
鰅	*ŋo, *ŋoŋ
鍝	*ŋo
遇	*ŋos
寓	*ŋos
庽	*ŋos
媀	*ŋos
喁	*ŋoŋ
顒	*ŋoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋos) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 禺 (OC *ŋo, *ŋos).

Etymology

Possibly cognate with 遘 (OC *koːs, *koːs, “to meet”)，覯 (OC *koːs, “to come across”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyu⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngi
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gū / gī / bū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyu⁶
    • Yale: yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡui³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gū
    • Tâi-lô: gū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
    • Tâi-lô: gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bū
    • Tâi-lô: bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngo⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniu
    • MiniDict: nyu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjuH

Rime
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	牛具切
Baxter	ngjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ŋioH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ(r)o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ(r)o-s/
English	meet with
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15929
Phonetic component	禺
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	遇
Old Chinese	/*ŋos/

Definitions

遇

1. to meet; to come across; to encounter; to run into
2. (literary, or in compounds) to treat; to handle; to receive; to entertain
3. (literary, or in compounds) chance; fortune; opportunity
4. 43rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "encounters" (𝌰)
5. a surname

Synonyms

• (to meet):

Dialectal synonyms of 遇 (“to encounter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遇, 碰, 遭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	遇, 碰
	Malaysia	遇, 碰
	Singapore	遇, 碰
Cantonese	Guangzhou	遇, 撞
	Hong Kong	遇, 撞
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	遇, 撞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	遇
Hakka	Meixian	遇, 撞
Southern Min	Xiamen	拄, 撞, 衝, 磅
	Quanzhou	拄, 撞, 衝
	Zhangzhou	拄, 衝
	Tainan	拄, 撞, 磅
	Penang (Hokkien)	拄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拄
	Manila (Hokkien)	拄, 遇
	Chaozhou	遇, 堵
	Shantou	遇
	Jieyang	遇, 堵
	Singapore (Teochew)	堵
Wu	Shanghai	碰

• 值遇 (zhíyù) (literary)
• 慘遭／惨遭 (cǎnzāo) (to suffer)
• 拄著／拄着 (tú-tio̍h) (Hokkien)
• 攤／摊 (to befall)
• 相拄 (Hokkien)
• 相逢 (xiāngféng)
• 相遇 (xiāngyù) (literary)
• 碰上 (pèngshàng)
• 碰到 (pèngdào)
• 碰見／碰见 (pèngjiàn)
• 蒙受 (méngshòu) (to suffer)
• 逢
• 遇到 (yùdào)
• 遇見／遇见 (yùjiàn)
• 遭受 (zāoshòu) (to suffer)
• 遭逢 (zāoféng)
• 遭遇 (zāoyù)

 

• (to treat):

• 對待／对待 (duìdài)
• 看待 (kàndài)
• 相看 (xiāngkan)
• 視／视 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)

 

• (opportunity):

• 商機／商机 (shāngjī) (business opportunity)
• 因緣／因缘 (yīnyuán)
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 戰機／战机 (zhànjī) (opportunity for victory in battle)
• 時機／时机 (shíjī)
• 機會／机会 (jīhuì)
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 火候 (huǒhòu) (figurative)
• 空子 (kòngzi) (opportunity to take advantage of)
• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 節裉兒／节裉儿 (Xinzhou)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (fong⁴ fong^4-1) (Sichuanese, Wu)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (fong⁴ fongr^4-1) (Sichuanese)
• 茬口 (chákǒu) (regional)
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù) (literary)

 

Compounds

• 不期而遇 (bùqī'éryù)
• 不遇
• 值遇 (zhíyù)
• 備受禮遇／备受礼遇
• 優惠待遇／优惠待遇
• 優遇／优遇 (yōuyù)
• 冷遇 (lěngyù)
• 千載一遇／千载一遇 (qiānzǎiyīyù)
• 厚遇 (hòuyù)
• 境遇 (jìngyù)
• 外遇 (wàiyù)
• 天緣奇遇／天缘奇遇
• 奇遇 (qíyù)
• 宿遇
• 寵遇／宠遇
• 將遇良才／将遇良才
• 巧遇 (qiǎoyù)
• 差別待遇／差别待遇
• 待遇 (dàiyù)
• 恩遇
• 感遇
• 意遇
• 懷才不遇／怀才不遇 (huái cái bù yù)
• 時遇／时遇
• 景遇
• 機遇／机遇 (jīyù)
• 殊遇
• 特惠待遇
• 生不遇時／生不遇时
• 百不一遇
• 百年不遇 (bǎiniánbùyù)
• 相遇 (xiāngyù)
• 眷遇
• 知遇 (zhīyù)
• 知遇之恩
• 神遇
• 視遇／视遇
• 禮遇／礼遇 (lǐyù)
• 精神外遇
• 累進處遇／累进处遇
• 良遇
• 萍水相遇
• 詭遇／诡遇
• 豔遇／艳遇 (yànyù)
• 身不遇時／身不遇时
• 輳遇／辏遇
• 逢時遇節／逢时遇节
• 遇上 (yùshàng)
• 遇事生風／遇事生风
• 遇人不淑 (yùrénbùshū)
• 遇便
• 遇刺 (yùcì)
• 遇到 (yùdào)
• 遇合
• 遇害 (yùhài)
• 遇救
• 遇物持平
• 遇缺不補／遇缺不补
• 遇見／遇见 (yùjiàn)
• 遇險／遇险 (yùxiǎn)
• 遇難／遇难 (yùnàn)
• 遇難成祥／遇难成祥
• 遭時不遇／遭时不遇
• 遭遇 (zāoyù)
• 遭遇戰／遭遇战 (zāoyùzhàn)
• 邂逅相遇
• 際遇／际遇 (jìyù)
• 隨遇平衡／随遇平衡 (suíyù pínghéng)
• 隨遇而安／随遇而安 (suíyù'ér'ān)
• 顧遇／顾遇
• 齒遇／齿遇

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	遇
Kyūjitai	遇󠄁 遇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遇󠄄 遇+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. interview
2. treat
3. entertain
4. receive
5. deal with

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’yō-on: ぐう (gū, Jōyō)
• Kun: あう (au, 遇う); もてなす (motenasu, 遇す); たまたま (tamatama, 遇)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遇 (MC ngjuH).

Hanja

Wikisource

遇 (eumhun 만날 우 (mannal u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“meet”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 경우 (境遇, gyeong'u)
• 대우 (待遇, dae'u)
• 처우 (處遇, cheou)
• 예우 (禮遇, yeu)
• 불우 (不遇, buru)
• 조우 (遭遇, jou)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

遇: Hán Nôm readings: ngộ

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