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遇见

yùjiàn

to meet; to run into

Two friends meeting on a path
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Characters in this word

遇 yù

Strokes
12
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 禺 district
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

见 jiàn

Strokes
4
Radical
见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
Made of
冂 frame 儿 son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我遇见老师。 Wǒ yùjiàn lǎoshī. I run into the teacher.
  • 她遇见朋友。 Tā yùjiàn péngyou. She meets a friend.
  • 昨天遇见他。 Zuótiān yùjiàn tā. I ran into him yesterday.

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