遘

遘 · gòu

to meet; to come across

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gòu
Cantonese
gau3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to meet; to come across

Dictionary definitions & readings

遘 gòu · meet unexpectedly

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63869.050:gòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0391.070:gòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
116.130:gòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gòu粵gau3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ク あう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
구:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古候 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
YTTB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3530.5 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1262.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
439.22 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0109l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9058
Radical
辵 · 162
Strokes
13
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7475

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

13 strokes
遘
Strokes
13
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

13 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kuwH · 古候 · 流開一去侯見 · #3072

PHONO-ML, source line 15938; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1329.303
kDaeJaweon
1756.150
kGSR
0109l
kHanYu
63869.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1756.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63869.050
kIRGKangXi
1262.210
kKangXi
1262.210
kKarlgren
418
kMatthews
3432
kMeyerWempe
1075f
kMorohashi
39031:E0103
kSBGY
439.22
kSMSZD2003Index
700.05
kCangjie
YTTB
kFourCornerCode
3530.5
kHKGlyph
4141
kMojiJoho
MJ026071 MJ026071:E0102 MJ026070:E0103 MJ026072:E0104 MJ026069:E0105
kPhonetic
589
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTH
kIRG_GSource
G0-655C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BBB8
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E29
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7DD7
kIRG_KSource
K1-5A6A
kIRG_TSource
T1-6B40
kRSUnicode
162.10
kTotalStrokes
13
kBigFive
BBB8
kCCCII
215C43
kCNS1986
1-6B40
kCNS1992
1-6B40
kEACC
215C43
kGB0
6960
kGB1
6960
kJis0
7809
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6673
kTGH
2013:7475
kTaiwanTelegraph
6673
kXerox
275:257
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6918+162.4.10 V+7873+162.4.10
kCantonese
gau3
kDefinition
to meet; to come across
kFanqie
古候
kHangul
구:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63869.050:gòu
kJapanese
コウ ク あう
kJapaneseKun
AU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KWU
kMandarin
gòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
gòu粵gau3
kTGHZ2013
116.130:gòu
kXHC1983
0391.070:gòu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 遘0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
辶 wraps around 冓 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿺辶冓$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺辶冓$(GHTJKP)

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