Jisho

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9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 逃亡 【トウボウ】 escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
  • 逃走 【トウソウ】 flight, desertion, escape

Kun reading compounds

  • 逃げる 【にげる】 to run away, to flee, to get away (e.g. from danger), to escape, to break out, to leave (e.g. one's spouse), to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.), to evade, to dodge, to shirk, to back away, to win without being overtaken, to hold off the other contenders (until the finish), to keep the lead (and win), to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.), to leak out (e.g. of a scent), to be lost (e.g. of flavor), to fail to hold an ideal posture
  • 逃げるが勝ち 【にげるがかち】 he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day, discretion is the better part of valor, fleeing is winning
  • 逃がす 【にがす】 to set free, to let go, to release, to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to fail to catch
  • 逃す 【のがす】 to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to set free, to let go, to fail to ...
  • 逃れる 【のがれる】 to escape

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • escape
  • huida
  • fuga
  • dejar escapar
  • escapar
  • dejar huir
  • huir
  • fugarse

Portuguese

  • escapar
  • fugir
  • esquivar
  • libertar

French

  • s'évader
  • s'échapper
  • fuir
  • se dérober à
  • libérer
1642 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
864 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4682 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1169 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
955 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1566 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1669 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
283 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
689 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3839 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
289 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38845P Morohashi
3095 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6038 New Nelson (John Haig)
283 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
301 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1298 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
2q6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3230.1 Four corner code
1-38-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9003 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Kun:
あした.りるた.るた.す
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
343 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 足 【ソク】 counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
  • 足跡 【アシアト】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 俊足 【シュンソク】 swiftness of foot, fast runner, swift horse, fleet steed, person of great talent, gifted person
  • 土足 【ドソク】 shod feet, wearing shoes, muddy feet, dirty feet

Kun reading compounds

  • 足 【あし】 foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait, pace, lower radical of a kanji, means of transportation, (one's) ride, money, coin
  • 足跡 【あしあと】 footprints, record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
  • 出足 【であし】 turnout (of people), start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.), beginning, initial charge, dash
  • 客足 【きゃくあし】 customer traffic, customers, custom
  • 足りる 【たりる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足る 【たる】 to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of, to deserve, to do (the job), to serve, to answer
  • 足るを知る 【たるをしる】 to know one has enough, to be satisfied with one's lot in life
  • 足す 【たす】 to add (numbers), to add (something), to top up (with something), to take care of (e.g. one's business)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あす、 おす、 たらし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu2, ju4
Korean:
jog, ju

Spanish

  • pierna
  • pie
  • ser suficiente
  • pata
  • bastar

Portuguese

  • perna
  • ser suficiente

French

  • jambe
  • pied
  • suffire
  • ajouter
  • compteur de paires de chaussures
29 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
51 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
305 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
135 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
90 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
461 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
58 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
58 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1759 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2714 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1386 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1287 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37365 Morohashi
2188 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5856 New Nelson (John Haig)
1279 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1372 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
67 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3770 2001 Kanji
7d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
6080.1 Four corner code
1-34-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8db3 Unicode hex code