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:
run 走 (赱)
Parts:
Variants:
run
Kun:
はし.る
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
626 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 走 【ソウ】 run, race
  • 走行 【ソウコウ】 running (of a car, bus, etc.), traveling, travelling, running (of a program)
  • 代走 【ダイソウ】 substitute runner
  • 快走 【カイソウ】 fast moving, fast running, fast sailing

Kun reading compounds

  • 走る 【はしる】 to run, to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail, to rush (to), to dash, to race, to retreat, to flee, to defect (to), to run away, to abscond, to elope, to flash (of lightning), to streak, to shoot (through; e.g. of pain), to run (through), to flare, to flit (e.g. across one's face), to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.), to go (e.g. bad, to extremes), to become, to turn, to take to (e.g. crime), to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions), to get involved in, to get wrapped up in, to run (through; of a road, street, etc.), to extend (e.g. of a mountain range), to stretch, to lie

Readings

Japanese names:
はしり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zou3
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • correr
  • escapar
  • huir

Portuguese

  • Correr
  • corrida

French

  • courir
105 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
179 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
161 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
725 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4539 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
832 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
255 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
441 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
429 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
435 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
177 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1753 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2720 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1390 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1877 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
390 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37034 Morohashi
2194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5845 New Nelson (John Haig)
384 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
410 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1470 2001 Kanji
3b4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4080.1 Four corner code
1-33-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d70 Unicode hex code