TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
遭
遭 ＝ 辵 ＋ 曹
ㄗㄠ · zāo
verb — to meet with, to come up against (usually misfortune)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辵義footsteps on a road — walking into
ITcáo → zāo — the initial and tone shift, the rhyme holds
Footsteps on the road (辵) with 曹 cáo for the sound, worn from c to z. On the road you run head-on into something — and what you 遭 is usually trouble: 遭遇、遭受、遭殃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
路（辵）上一拐彎，迎面撞上一場禍事——遭了。
A turn in the road (辵), and you walk straight into disaster — you're in for it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遭遇、遭逢— to meet with, to encounter常用
→遭受、遭殃— to suffer, to come to grief常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension