遭zāo
to meet, to encounter, to come across. 14 strokes, radical 辶, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 遭
Strokes 1–11 write 曹, then strokes 12–14 write 辶.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 遭 · the stroke-order rules
What 遭 is made of
辶 (chuò, to walk) and 曹 (cáo, ministers).
辶 carries the meaning — walk — and 曹 carries the sound.
Words that use 遭
| 遭到 | to suffer, be subjected to 指受到不好的事情 运输中遭到雨水浸泡，也遭受了颠簸。In transit it was subjected to soaking rain. Lesson 682, 长途运材 · 守正出新与光耀千秋 · Preserving Heritage & Pioneering Innovations |
| 遭受 | to suffer, undergo 指承受了损害或痛苦 运输中遭到雨水浸泡，也遭受了颠簸。It also suffered a lot of jolting. Lesson 682, 长途运材 · 守正出新与光耀千秋 · Preserving Heritage & Pioneering Innovations |
| 遭遇 | to meet with (misfortune) 指碰上不好的境况 也遭受了颠簸，却没有遭遇大的损坏。But it did not meet with any serious damage. Lesson 682, 长途运材 · 守正出新与光耀千秋 · Preserving Heritage & Pioneering Innovations |
Characters that share the sound part 曹
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 辶
All 43 of them, and what the radical means, on the 辶 radical page.