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Kotomora

逃

escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes9

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

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  • 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

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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.