遭

to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,421 U+906D

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 曹 (phonetic, cáo)

components: 辶曹

meet with · Heisig RSH #2236

cadet + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曹

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曹 (cáo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曹 sound component	cáo	ministers, officials; a company; surname
槽	cáo	trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery
糟	zāo	sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil
嘈	cáo	bustling, noisy
漕	cáo	canal, watercourse; to transport by sea
蹧	zāo	to spoil; to ruin
螬	cáo	grubs found in fruit
艚	cáo	ship, junk

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
破题儿第一遭	pò tí r dì yī zāo	(coll.) one's first time ever experiencing sth (esp. sth notable or unusual)
屋漏更遭连夜雨	wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ	when it rains, it pours (idiom)
破屋又遭连夜雨	pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ	see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨\|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3]
遭重	zāo zhòng	(slang) to suffer serious consequences or harm
遭难	zāo nàn	to run into misfortune
遭遇战	zāo yù zhàn	(military) encounter; skirmish
周遭	zhōu zāo	surrounding; nearby
遭受	zāo shòu	to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
惨遭不幸	cǎn zāo bù xìng	to meet with disaster; to die tragically
遭到	zāo dào	to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
遭罪	zāo zuì	to endure hardship; to suffer
遭际	zāo jì	(literary) fortunes and misfortunes; experiences in life
免遭	miǎn zāo	to avoid suffering; to avoid meeting (a fatal accident); spared
遭遇	zāo yù	to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
惨遭	cǎn zāo	to suffer (defeat, death etc)
遭逢	zāo féng	to encounter (sth unpleasant)
遭拒	zāo jù	to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
屡遭	lǚ zāo	to suffer repeatedly
遭瘟	zāo wēn	to suffer from a plague; to endure a misfortune; a plague on him!
遭殃	zāo yāng	to suffer a calamity