TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
遇
遇 = 辶 + 禺
ㄩˋ · yù
verb — to meet, encounter, come upon; noun — chance, treatment
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
禺聲yú — gives the sounda long-tailed monkey
Tyú → yù — only the tone lifts, initial and rhyme hold
The walk (辶) and 禺 yú, a long-tailed monkey. To walk and run into what comes — to meet, to encounter. From the chance meeting came how one is met, treated, and the luck of it: 遇見、待遇、機遇. 禺 lends the sound, just the tone risen.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
巷口一轉(辶),迎面撞上多年沒見的人。
He rounds the alley (辶) and runs straight into someone he hasn't seen in years.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遇見、遭遇— to meet, encounter常用
→待遇— how one is treated
⇒機遇、奇遇— chance, a lucky meeting
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
過= + 咼guòthe lookalike — 過 walks with 咼, 遇 walks with 禺yúthe bare phonetic — 遇 adds the walk to the monkey