noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
fleeing into hiding
Literary and archaic term for escaping and going into hiding. Rarely used in modern Japanese; more common expressions include 逃亡する or 身を隠す.
彼は追手を逃れて山中に遁竄した。
He fled into the mountains to hide from his pursuers.
Rare kanji spelling; 遯竄 is an alternate form. Both are literary and seldom used in modern Japanese.
Alternate kanji form; even rarer than 遁竄.
Composed of 遁 (とん, 'flee') and 竄 (ざん, 'hide'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of escaping into concealment.