逃 (escape, evade, flee, set free, shirk) - Kanji Codex

逃

escape, evade, flee, set free, shirk

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

に.がすに.げるのが.すのが.れる

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:3

Frequency:931

Vocabulary

トウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
逃走	トウソウ	flight; desertion; escape
逃避	トウヒ	escape; evasion; flight
逃亡	トウボウ	escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
逃避行	トウヒコウ	runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
敵前逃亡	テキゼントウボウ	desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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 take cover; 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
逃げ出す	にげだす	to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape; to start to run away
逃れる	のがれる	to escape
見逃す	みのがす	to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to; to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

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