You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Entry: 遌 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1261, Entry 20 Pronounced e. According to the Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), to encounter someone when one does not wish to see them is called e. According to the Yupian (Jade Chapters), it is a variant of wu, meaning to encounter. From the Nine Chapters (Jiuzhang) of the Songs of Chu (Chuci): The double glory cannot be encountered. From the Essay on Communicating with the Hidden (Youtong fu) by Ban Gu: Riding high to encounter the spirits. According to the Zhengzitong (Correction of Characters), it is a variant of e. See the entry for the character e for further details. The original form of e was written using yu. Also written in a variant form.