遇

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 / gi⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu

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 Neipu)
  - 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 / gi⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏ / kĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo³⁵/, /ki³⁵/

Note:

ngo6 - Chaozhou,Jieyang,Chenghai;
gi6 - Shanwei (Haifeng).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu
  - MiniDict: nyu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²³/

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	/ŋɨo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋio^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋio^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ŋio^H/
Wang Li	/ŋĭu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯u^H/
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	‹ ngju^H ›
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

to meet; to come across; to encounter; to run into
(literary, or in compounds) to treat; to handle; to receive; to entertain
(literary, or in compounds) chance; fortune; opportunity
43rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "encounters" (𝌰)
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

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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):

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

(opportunity):

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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

Japanese

Shinjitai	遇
Kyūjitai ^[1]	遇󠄁 遇+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	遇󠄄 遇+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

遇

(Jōyō kanji)

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)

References

^ “遇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遇 (MC ngjuH).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

遇

Wikisource

遇 (eumhun 만날 우 (mannal u))

hanja form^? of 우 (“meet”)

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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[1] “遇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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