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Kotomora

竄

flee

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ザン
  • サン

Kun'yomi

  • かく.れる
  • のが.れる

Meaning

竄 centers on escaping or hiding to avoid danger or capture: fleeing, running away, or concealing oneself.

Most common words using 竄

  • 流竄りゅうざん

    banishment; exile

  • 竄するざんする

    to exile; to banish

  • 竄入ざんにゅう

    taking refuge (in); running into

  • 竄匿ざんとく

    diving under cover and hiding

  • 逃竄とうざん

    act of fleeing into hiding

  • 遯竄とんざん

    fleeing into hiding

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Etymology

竄 combines 穴 (hole, cave) with 鼠 (rat, mouse), suggesting a rat hiding in a hole or fleeing into a burrow. This is a well-established semantic compound.

Meaning mnemonic

A rat 鼠 darts into a hole 穴 to flee from danger. The kanji shows a rat disappearing into a cave, capturing the idea of escaping and hiding.

Reading mnemonic

For ザン, imagine a rat fleeing into a hole while someone shouts 'Zan!' as it vanishes: Zan -> ザン, and the rat escapes into the cave.