hòu

meet unexpectedly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

后 sound component

  Sound component

hòu

  

queen, after

Evolution

逅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hòu

meet unexpectedly; to meet unexpectedly

Most common words with 逅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

邂逅

to meet by chance

to meet unexpectedly