Han Character 30EC2

Read its linked character through 邂逅: a chance meeting.

邂逅 means “to meet unexpectedly” or “an unexpected encounter.” 逅 is its final character; 𰻂 is a recorded form linked to that character.

Where was this form recorded?

The source trail points to a manuscript study.

The Unicode IRG submission cites Sarah Allan’s Buried Ideas (2015) and figure 184 on page 124. The book studies early Chinese bamboo-slip manuscripts—narrow bamboo strips used for writing. The Han-era character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi explains 逅 through 邂逅 (“meeting unexpectedly”), and parses it as 辵 (movement) plus 后 (a sound cue).