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: 曹 ⻌
Radical: 辵
Meaning: walk
遭難 (ソウナン) disaster, accident, shipwreck, distress
遭遇 (ソウグウ) encounter, being confronted with (e.g. difficulty), meeting with (e.g. accident)
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