You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) 遭 Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1264, Entry 06 Pronounced zao. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations and Character Analysis): To meet. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety (Qu Li): To encounter a master on the road. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatises on Rites and Music (Li Yue Zhi): Fortunate to encounter such a time. Also, Shuowen Jiezi: To walk in a winding manner. Xu Kai says: Zao is synonymous with za (to encircle). It means to travel and meet one another again. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qi (Qi Feng): Met me between the Nao Mountains. Also, Zheng Yun (Orthography of Rhymes): To patrol. Liu Yuxi poem: The mountains surround the old capital, circling around it. Also, rhymed with the pronunciation zou. Yilin (Forest of Changes): Relying on the night sky to wander, I met with you. Removing confusion and vexation, and setting the heart at ease. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written as a variant form. Nowadays, it is commonly written as zao.