逅 (hòu): (in 邂逅) to meet by chance; to r…

Meanings

1 (in 邂逅) to meet by chance; to run into unexpectedly

Characters

逅

hòu

(in 邂逅) to meet by chance

Examples

他们在旅途中邂逅，相爱了。

Tāmen zài lǚtú zhōng xièhòu, xiāng'ài le.

They met by chance on a trip and fell in love.

一次邂逅改变了她的一生。

Yí cì xièhòu gǎibiàn le tā de yìshēng.

A chance encounter changed her whole life.

Tips

usage

Only used in 邂逅 (a chance encounter). It carries a romantic, fateful flavor — meeting someone unexpectedly without any prior arrangement.

Components

radical

辶 chuò

to walk; movement

The walk radical 辶 (a contracted form of 辵) wraps the bottom-left and comes last in stroke order. It supplies the going/meeting-on-the-road sense behind a chance encounter.

phonetic

后 hòu

behind; phonetic

Inside-right 后 supplies the sound exactly (hòu = hòu). It is purely phonetic here, with no meaning contribution.

Stroke Order

逅 hòu

Related Words

邂逅 xièhòu #14,087

to meet by chance / to run into (literary) / chance encounter

闯进 chuǎngjìn #3,207

to break into / to barge into / to force one's way into

混进 hùnjìn #9,015

to sneak into; to infiltrate / to worm one's way into; to slip into (undetected)

见 jiàn HSK 1 #147

to see; to catch sight of / to meet; to call on / to be exposed to; to come into contact with / opinion; view

分成 fēnchéng HSK 5 #6,465

to divide into / to split into

会面 huìmiàn HSK 7-9 #3,027

to meet / to have a meeting with

会见 huìjiàn HSK 6 #2,952

to meet with (a visitor or dignitary) / to receive (a guest formally)

会 huì HSK 1 #14

can; to know how to / will (future) / to meet; to gather / meeting; gathering; association

堕落 duòluò HSK 7-9 #4,699

to degenerate; to become corrupt / to sink into depravity

搬进 bānjìn #4,352

to move into