漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
逃: escape, flee
Also: shirk, evade, set free
JLPT N39 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
⻌ carries the meaning · 兆 gives the sound
9 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 逃亡者とうぼうしゃrunaway, fugitive
- 逃走するとうそうするrun away, escape
- 逃亡するとうぼうするrun away, escape
- 逃避するとうひするescape, evade
にげるnigeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 逃げるにげるescape, run away [v.i.]
- 逃げ道にげみちway out, escape route
にがすnigasu · kun'yomi
- 逃がすにがすlet loose, set free, [v.t.]
のがすnogasu · kun'yomi
- 逃すのがすmiss, waste, let slip [v.t.]
- 見逃すみのがすmiss, overlook
のがれるnogareru · kun'yomi
- 逃れるのがれるescape, evade [v.i.]
- 言い逃れいいのがれevasion, excuse
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“This swooping radical is the winding road you walk upon! It curves under the rest of the kanji like a path being carved through a landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兆
Also built on portent (兆)
The 兆 family reads チョウ (chou); 逃 is read トウ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side逃 escape · ⻌
vs挑 challenge · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · táo
Same form: 逃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 逃 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 逃 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin táo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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