I recently stumbled upon the expression 酷{ひど｝い目｛め｝に遭｛あ｝った ("I was having a bad
time"), where the verb "to meet" was written using a rather unusual kanji.

After looking into it, I can count at least 5 instances of the verb "あう"
meaning "to meet", written using a different kanji:

  * 合う
  * 会う
  * 遭う
  * 逢う
  * 遇う

What's the difference? As far as I can tell 合う and 会う are the most common ; is
there a difference between the two?
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What's the difference between 合う, 会う, 遭う, 逢う,遇う?