遇yù
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遇
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Shuowen
遇. Composed of the movement radical 辶 and the phonetic 禺, the earliest oracle bone inscriptions show a foot (彳) beside a stylized figure (禺). This arrangement represents a chance encounter on the road, giving the character its meaning of 'to meet'.
Pinyin
yù· HSK 2