逢
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to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
Formation & memory
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How 逢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 meaning “walk” + 夆 sound ()
Components 辶 夆
How to remember it
chance upon · Heisig RSH #2584
briar + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 逢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人生何处不相逢 | it's a small world (idiom) | |
| 生不逢时 | born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an… | |
| 逢年过节 | during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year | |
| 正逢其时 | to come at the right time; to be opportune | |
| 绝处逢生 | (idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless | |
| 逢场作戏 | lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to… | |
| 酒逢知己千杯少 | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom); when you're with c… | |
| 久别重逢 | to meet again after a long period of separation | |
| 千载难逢 | extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon | |
| 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 | when it rains, it pours (idiom) | |
| 逢凶化吉 | misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account | |
| 适逢其会 | (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time | |
| 棋逢对手 | to be evenly matched; to meet one's match | |
| 逢人便讲 | to tell anybody one happens to meet | |
| 曲意逢迎 | to bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate ones… | |
| 重逢 | to meet again; to be reunited; reunion | |
| 相逢 | to meet (by chance); to come across | |
| 左右逢源 | lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have ev… | |
| 枯木逢春 | lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); fig. to get a new lease on life; to be… | |
| 逢集 | market day |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 夆 — compare how they read.