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

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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

16 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
Kun:
さ.けるよ.ける
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
756 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 避難民 【ヒナンミン】 evacuees, displaced persons, refugees
  • 避難 【ヒナン】 taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape, seeking safe haven
  • 不可避 【フカヒ】 inevitable, inescapable, unavoidable
  • 退避 【タイヒ】 taking refuge, evacuation, backup (of data)

Kun reading compounds

  • 避ける 【さける】 to avoid (physical contact with), to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities), to ward off, to avert, to put aside, to move out of the way
  • 避ける 【さける】 to avoid (physical contact with), to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities), to ward off, to avert, to put aside, to move out of the way

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pi

Spanish

  • evadir
  • evitar
  • esquivar
  • eludir
  • rehuir

Portuguese

  • Evadir-se
  • evitar
  • prevenir-se
  • guardar-se
  • esquivar-se
  • escapar

French

  • éviter
  • fuir
  • parer
  • écarter (danger)
  • empêcher
  • se dérober
1733 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
886 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4749 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1746 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1822 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1365 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
724 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2031 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1515 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39163P Morohashi
3179 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6120 New Nelson (John Haig)
1501 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1618 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1857 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3755 2001 Kanji
2q13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-13 SKIP code
3-2-13 SKIP code
3030.4 Four corner code
1-40-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
907f Unicode hex code