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逢 means 'meet'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1843   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 28 words   Used in 133 names   Component in 7 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   to meet (esp. close friends)
On    ホウ
Kun    むかえる
Name    あい   おう
⿺   () move   resist  
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逢 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 逢 is used 19 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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encounter; face
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expression
those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
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あい: 2 words. FIND ALL
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Most common form: 逢い引き
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
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おう: 2 words. FIND ALL
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noun
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
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An additional あ.う less common words include 逢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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to meet (esp. close friends)   
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resist   
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