遭
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zāo · to meet, to encounter, to come across

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14Total strokes

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Lower-left enclosureCharacter structure

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辶Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 遭

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zāoWords pronounced zāo
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Example sentences

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Wǒ de wèn tí zāo dào le lěng jì de chén mò.我的问题遭到了冷寂的沉默。

My questions were met with a frosty silence.

Source: Tatoeba #4757604 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zhèng zāo shòu yán zhòng tóu tòng de kùn rǎo.他正遭受严重头痛的困扰。

He was suffering from a bad headache.

Source: Tatoeba #862694 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zāo yù le yì chǎng yán zhòng de yì wài.他遭遇了一場嚴重的意外。

He suffered from a bad accident.

Source: Tatoeba #14013494 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiānxiàshǒuwéiqiáng, hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng.先下手为强,后下手遭殃。

Get them before they get us.

Source: Tatoeba #2453078 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiǎo dòng jí shí bǔ, miǎn zāo dà dòng kǔ.小洞及時補,免遭大洞苦。

A stitch in time saves nine.

Source: Tatoeba #806571 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de fángzi zāo dào léi jī.他的房子遭到雷擊。

His house was struck by lightning.

Source: Tatoeba #848648 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 遭 in context

  1. Say zāo, then recall the core meaning: to meet, to encounter, to come across.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the lower-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 遭到 (zāo dào), meaning “to suffer”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 遭 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.