遭

Surrounding walk radical (Kangxi #162) - three strokes, a stylised foot-and-step (the simplified form of 辵). Wraps from below-left around the right and bottom. Carries the meaning: 遭 'to meet with, encounter, run into' is fundamentally a movement-and-meeting verb. Same radical anchors 进 (advance), 退 (retreat), 过 (pass), 还 (return), 逃 (flee), 遇 (meet) - the entire travel-and-encounter family.

Inner phonetic 曹 - supplies the sound (cáo drifted to zāo, regular onset shift). Originally depicted two facing officials in a courtroom hearing testimony from 曰 'speech' below - hence 'paired group, troop, court department.' Adds a faint flavour: encountering a 'group' is the picture of meeting fate. Same phonetic anchors 槽 (trough), 糟 (lees/spoiled), 漕 (water transport), 嘈 (noisy).