逢

féng
verb HSK 7-9 #12,291

Meanings

  1. 1 to meet by chance
  2. 2 to come across
  3. 3 every time (a calendar event comes along)

Examples

HSK 3
逢年过节都要回家看看。
Féngnián-guòjié dōu yào huí jiā kànkan.
You should go home to visit during every holiday.
HSK 7-9
每逢佳节倍思亲。
Měiféng jiājié bèi sīqīn.
Every festive season, one misses family all the more.

Tips

usage
逢 is more literary than 遇 (to encounter). It often appears in set phrases: 每逢 (every time), 逢年过节 (during holidays), 相逢 (to meet by chance). Rarely used alone in modern speech.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
walk; movement (radical form)
Bottom-left walking radical - the side-form of 辵, a foot at the end of a winding path. The indexing radical, supplying the meaning: 逢 is a meeting that happens while you are out and moving, an encounter by chance along the road. The motion radical puts 逢 in the come-and-go family alongside 遇 meet, 过 pass by, 追 pursue.
phonetic
夆 féng
to meet; peak (here phonetic)
Top-right 夆 supplies the sound - féng read straight across with no shift. 夆 combines 夂 a foot coming down with 丰 a flourishing plant, picturing 'reaching the top, coming up against.' That meeting sense lives on directly in 逢. Same phonetic anchors 峰 peak, 蜂 bee, 锋 sharp edge.

Stroke Order

逢 féng