遭 Strokes Write it Listen 遭 zāo to meet, to encounter, to come across HSK 6 14 strokes Radical 辶 Sound + meaning 4 words Built from辶meaningchuòto walk; walking曹soundcáoministers, officials; a company; surname How it works辶 hints at the meaning (walk), and 曹 cáo hints at the sound.