noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. (meeting with) disaster, (having an) accident, mishap, shipwreck, distress.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
遭難 そうなん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

encounter, meet, party
あ.う ソウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
office, official, comrade
ソウ (Early High School, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
bend, music, melody
キョク ま.がる くま (3rd, N3)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
difficult, impossible, trouble
ナン むずか.しい かた.い (6th, N3)
the violet, (菫 variant)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
husband, man
フ おっと フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
bird, old bird radical (no. 172)
サイ スイ とり (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)