Word Meaning 遭難

そうなん sounan

遭難 is read as そうなん (sounan) and means disaster.

Meaning

English

  1. disaster
  2. accident
  3. shipwreck
  4. distress

Reading

Kana

そうなん

Romaji

sounan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 6733 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

遭難信号

そうなんしんごう

distress signal

遭難救助隊

そうなんきゅうじょたい

rescue party

遭難死

そうなんし

accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

遭難船

そうなんせん

wrecked ship

遭難者

そうなんしゃ

victim

災難に遭う

さいなんにあう

to meet with misfortune

難に遭う

なんにあう

to meet with disaster

遭遇

そうぐう

encounter

避難

ひなん

taking refuge

災難

さいなん

calamity

殉難

じゅんなん

martyrdom

至難

しなん

most difficult

Example Sentences

2

They lost their way in the mountain.

The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.