# 遇

| 遇 | U+9047, &#36935; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9047 |
| ← 遆 [U+9046] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 遈 → [U+9048] |

## Translingual
### 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 3630$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngi
    (Hailu, HRS): ngi$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngê̤ṳ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gū / gī / bū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngo$^6$ / gi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^6$
*** Yale: yuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡui³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngê̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋøy²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gy$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /ky²¹/
* 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: ngo$^6$ / gi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngŏ / kĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋo³⁵/, /ki³⁵/
* ngo6 - Chaozhou,Jieyang,Chenghai;
* gi6 - Shanwei (Haifeng).
* 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 | jyu$^6$ |
* 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
** 2019 October 30, 陳以恆 [Yi Heng Chen] (lyrics and music), “心愛的我會等 [Mon Amour I Shall Wait]”, in 但係我袂驚惶 [When I Find My Heart Inside You], performed by 陳以恆 [Yi Heng Chen]:
       tán-thāi, tán-thāi, khó-lêng ū chi̍t li̍t, góa ē bū-tio̍h lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (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):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 遇, 碰, 遭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 遇, 碰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 遇, 碰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 遇, 碰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 遇, 撞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 遇, 撞 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 遇, 撞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 遇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遇, 撞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拄, 撞, 衝, 磅 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拄, 撞, 衝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拄, 衝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拄, 撞, 磅 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拄, 遇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 遇, 堵 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 遇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 遇, 堵 |
| Southern Min | 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 (fong$^4$ fong$^{4-1}$) (Sichuanese, Wu)
* 縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong$^4$ 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+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 遇󠄄 遇+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* interview
* treat
* entertain
* receive
* 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)

### References

* ↑ “遇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 遇 (MC ngjuH).

### Hanja

Wikisource 遇 (eumhun 만날 우 (mannal u))
* hanja form of 우 (“meet”)

#### Compounds

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

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

遇: Hán Nôm readings: ngộ
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