Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1554 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join

Kunyomi: あ.う あ.わせる

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: walk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ソウナン disaster, accident, shipwreck, distress

ソウグウ encounter, being confronted with (e.g. difficulty), meeting with (e.g. accident)

Kunyomi Examples

会う あう to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience

会わせる あわせる to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to