遇 means “meet, treat”

ぐう · guu

Also: encounter, interview

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

グウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A road (辶) and 禺, a monkey in the oldest dictionary: picture rounding a mountain bend and meeting one face to face. 遭遇 is an encounter, 境遇 the circumstances life deals you, and 待遇 the pay and treatment a job offers.

Used in 待遇 (taiguu, treatment/working conditions), 遭遇 (souguu, encounter), and 境遇 (kyouguu, circumstances)

More from Apart & Together

• 隔 separate
• 随 follow along
• 添 add
• 疎 sparse
• 媒 medium
• 寡 few
• 附 attach
• 独 alone
• 離 separate
• 従 follow
• 伴 accompany
• 属 belong

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.