zāo
come across
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 曹 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zāo
come across, meet with, encounter; to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
Most common words with 遭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) | ||
to suffer | ||
to meet with | ||
to suffer | ||
to suffer (defeat, death etc) |
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