This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソウ、あ.う、あ.わせる
Romaji: sou, a.u, a.waseru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  1554
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-3-11
Korean Reading:  jo
Chinese Reading:  zao1
Unicode:  906d
JIS:  4178

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3159
Nelson Index: 4736
New Nelson Index: 6105
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q11.2
Four Corner Index: 3530.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1526
Gakken Index: 1173
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39082P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0167
Remembering the kanji Index: 1174
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1817
Kodansha Compact Index: 717
Kanji in Context Index: 1750
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2019
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2725
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1182
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1258
Essential Kanji Index: 1376
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3917
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1978
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1733

Words

会う (あう)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
遭難 (そうなん)
disaster; shipwreck; accident; being stranded
出会う (であう)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
痛い目に遭わす (いたいめにあわす)
to make a person sweat for it
遭遇戦 (そうぐうせん)
encounter; engagement; battle
遭遇 (そうぐう)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
えらい目にあう (えらいめにあう)
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
遭難者 (そうなんしゃ)
victim; survivor; sufferer
痛い目に遭わせる (いたいめにあわせる)
to make (a person) pay for (something)
辛い目に会う (つらいめにあう)
to have a hard time of it
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