逃
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
Readings
On'yomi
- トウ
Kun'yomi
- に.げる
- に.がす
- のが.す
- のが.れる
Meaning
逃 centers on getting away from something undesirable: escaping danger, fleeing a place, shirking responsibility, evading capture, or setting someone free.
Most common words using 逃
20 of 100- 逃げるにげるN4
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
- 見逃しみのがし
overlooking
- 逃すのがすN2
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
- 逃れのがれ
escaping; evading
- 逃亡とうぼうN1
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
- 逃走とうそうN1
flight; desertion; escape
- 逃がすにがすN3
to set free; to let go; to release
- 逃れるのがれるN1
to escape
- 逃避とうひN1
escape; evasion; flight
- 見逃すみのがすN2
to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice
- 逃げ出すにげだすN2
to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape
- 逃げ場にげば
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
- 逃げ道にげみちN1
way out; means to escape; escape route
- ひき逃げひきにげN1
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
- 言い逃れいいのがれ
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
- 持ち逃げもちにげ
making off with (something); absconding
- 夜逃げよにげ
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
- 逃げ切るにげきる
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun
- 逃げ込むにげこむ
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
- 逃げ回るにげまわるN2
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
Study
Etymology
逃 combines 辶 (movement) with 兆, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest a sign or omen, giving the idea of moving away from a bad sign.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 兆, like a person slipping away at the first sign of trouble. Picture someone fleeing down a road when they see a bad omen.
Reading mnemonic
For トウ, imagine a toe caught in a trap, and you must escape by pulling your toe free: toe -> トウ, and you flee to safety.