邂逅

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (邂逅)		邂	逅
simp. #(邂逅)		邂	逅
alternative forms		邂遘 邂覯 解遘 解詬 解覯 邂遘 邂覯 解遘 解詬 解覯 解構 解果 解搆 解垢 解后 蟹螺 蟹堁 薢茩 㙰堁 迦逅 䜁詬 謑詬 喫詬 雞堁

Etymology

Possibly an expression reduplication in Old Chinese (Baxter and Sagart, 1998). The original meaning may be “meet; interact” or “carefree”.

Schuessler considers this a derivative of 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs, “to loosen”) and 懈 (OC *kreːs, “lazy, remiss”), citing the sense of “carefree and happy” in Shijing. Numerous variant forms are found throughout history.

Verb

邂逅

1. to run into somebody by chance (usually pleasantly); to encounter coincidentally

   • 邂逅相遇，適我願兮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     邂逅相遇，适我愿兮。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xièhòu xiāngyù, shì wǒ yuàn xī. [Pinyin]

     We met together accidentally, and so my desire was satisfied.

   等車的他邂逅了一名女孩。 [MSC, trad.]
   等车的他邂逅了一名女孩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Děng chē de tā xièhòu le yī míng nǚhái. [Pinyin]

   He encountered a girl while waiting for a bus.

   如一場美麗的邂逅 [MSC, trad.]
   如一场美丽的邂逅 [MSC, simp.]

   rú yī chǎng měilì de xièhòu [Pinyin]

   as if a beautiful chance encounter

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (邂逅):

• → Japanese: 邂逅(かいこう) (kaikō)
• → Korean: 해후(邂逅) (haehu)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 邂逅

1. (literary) joyous and carefree
2. (literary) accidental; coincidental; adventitious

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
邂	逅
かい Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

邂(かい)逅(こう) • (kaikō) 

1. chance encounter

Verb

邂(かい)逅(こう)する • (kaikō suru) intransitive suru (stem 邂(かい)逅(こう)し (kaikō shi), past 邂(かい)逅(こう)した (kaikō shita))

1. meet by chance
   • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here):

     その後吾輩(ごわが)は度々黒(いはたびたびくろ)と邂逅(かいこう)する。

     Sono go wagahai wa tabitabi kuro to kaikō suru.

     After that, I bumped into the black cat from time to time.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "邂逅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	邂逅し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	邂逅し	かいこうし	kaikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	邂逅する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	邂逅する	かいこうする	kaikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	邂逅すれ	かいこうすれ	kaikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	邂逅せよ¹ 邂逅しろ²	かいこうせよ¹ かいこうしろ²	kaikō seyo¹ kaikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	邂逅される	かいこうされる	kaikō sareru
Causative	邂逅させる 邂逅さす	かいこうさせる かいこうさす	kaikō saseru kaikō sasu
Potential	邂逅できる	かいこうできる	kaikō dekiru
Volitional	邂逅しよう	かいこうしよう	kaikō shiyō
Negative	邂逅しない	かいこうしない	kaikō shinai
Negative continuative	邂逅せず	かいこうせず	kaikō sezu
Formal	邂逅します	かいこうします	kaikō shimasu
Perfective	邂逅した	かいこうした	kaikō shita
Conjunctive	邂逅して	かいこうして	kaikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	邂逅すれば	かいこうすれば	kaikō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative