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遭 - zāo

come across, meet with, encounter

come across, meet with, encounter

How to read 遭

Click 遭 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinzāo
Englishcome across, meet with, encounter
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

遭到 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 遭受. Please read 遭拒 one more time.

Common words with this character

to suffer; to meet with
to suffer; to sustain
to meet with a refusal; to have an application rejected
to suffer a calamity

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 遭 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 遭到 and 遭受 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 遭.