Onyomi: グウ · Kunyomi: たま · Meanings: accidentally, couple, even number, man & wife, same kind
Kanji for accidentally, couple, even number, man wife, same kind
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The kanji 偶 combines the person radical 亻 with the component 遇, which means “to meet” or “to encounter.” The left side 亻 indicates a person, while the right side originally suggested “meeting face to face.” Together, the image expresses two people meeting unexpectedly — an accidental or chance encounter. From this, 偶 came to mean “by chance,” “pair,” or “companion.” In later use, it also took on the meaning of an “image” or “idol,” something that stands opposite or represents a person.
Formed from 亻(person) and 遇(meet), 偶 represents meeting or pairing by chance — something occurring unexpectedly or in twos.
This kanji declares: when one person (亻) meets another (遇), it happens by chance — 偶 means coincidence, a pair, or a fateful encounter.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 偶々 | たまたま | by chance, by accident, accidentally, happen to (be, do), unexpectedly, casually | common JLPT-N3 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 偶 | たま | occasional, infrequent, rare | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 偶 | ぐう | even number, even | Noun |
| 偶然 | ぐうぜん | coincidence, chance, accident, fortuity | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 偶に | たまに | occasionally, once in a while, now and then | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 偶数 | ぐうすう | even number | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 偶発的 | ぐうはつてき | accidental, incidental, occasional, casual | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 偶然にも | ぐうぜんにも | by chance, coincidentally, as it happens | Adverb (fukushi) |
| 偶発 | ぐうはつ | sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 偶像 | ぐうぞう | image, idol, statue | common Noun |