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The character "遇" is structured from the semantic component "辶", indicating movement or travel, combined with the phonetic and semantic component "禺", which historically carried connotations of a region or boundary. This combination originally conveyed the idea of meeting or coming across someone or something while in motion, essentially a fortuitous or chance encounter on a journey. Over time, its meaning expanded beyond the purely accidental to encompass any instance of meeting, whether planned or unexpected. Furthermore, its semantic field broadened to include the notion of treatment, as in how one receives or "meets" another person, and by further extension, it came to denote an experience or circumstance one encounters, such as in the term for an unfortunate event. The traditional and simplified forms of this character are identical, preserving this conceptual structure throughout its history.
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我今天遇到他了。
他遇到一个好朋友。
我们在学校遇见老师。
这是一个好机遇。
他遭遇了交通事故。
如果你遇到困难，请告诉我。
当我遇到他时，他正在看书。
在人生中，我们会遇到各种挑战。