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Kanji Detail for 偶 - "by chance"

偶

  • Meaning

    偶 means "by chance." Also associated with pair, doll.

    1. Pair - Matching; partner; companion.

    2. By chance - Unexpectedly; accidentally.

    3. Doll - Puppet; figure made of wood or clay.

    4. Even - Divisible by two; even number.

    5. To encounter - To meet unexpectedly.

  • Words using 偶

    • 配偶者 はいぐうしゃ Listen spouse; wife; husband
    • 偶然 ぐうぜん Listen coincidence; chance; accident
    • 偶発 ぐうはつ Listen sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental
    • 偶数 ぐうすう Listen even number
    • 偶像 ぐうぞう Listen image; idol; statue

  • Four-character idioms with 偶

    • 偶像崇拝 ぐうぞうすうはい Listen idolatry; idol worship

  • Tattoo check: 偶

    • Verified meaning: by chance
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: pair, doll

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    accidentally; even number; couple; man & wife; same kind

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    accidentally, coincidently; an idol

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    accidental; image; pair; mate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    accidentally, coincidently; mate, image, idol

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    偶然: Unexpectedly happening. All non-regular occurrences are called 偶. Such as 偶一為之 (doing something occasionally). | Even numbers are called 偶. Such as 奇數 (odd number), 偶數 (even number). | Figurine. Such as 土偶 (clay figure), 木偶 (wooden puppet). | Peers are called 偶. Such as 曹偶 (colleagues).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    guu(グウ) グウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tama(たま) たま

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    pair by chance doll companions encounter even random unexpected coincidence couple match partner counterpart puppet complement serendipity

Sentences including 偶

  • I came to liverpool by chance.

  • Our meeting was quite accidental.

  • We met her by accident.

  • The war didn't break out by accident.

  • I met her by accident at the bus stop.

  • I ran into mary at a party last week.

  • I chanced to be working there.

  • The matter is nothing more than an accident.

  • Yesterday i ran across him at the station.

  • We happened to meet her in the park.

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