逃 — escape, flee, shirk

のがす逃 escape

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+9003 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #931 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #301 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

escape
flee
shirk
evade
set free

word

のが noga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

逃(のが) す nogasu to let escape 逃(のが) れる nogareru to escape 見(み) 逃(のが) す minogasu to overlook

とう tou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

逃(とう) 亡(ぼう) toubou escape 逃(とう) 避(ひ) touhi escape 逃(とう) 走(そう) tousou escape

に ni Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

逃(に) げる nigeru to escape 逃(に) げ出(だ) す nigedasu to run away 逃(に) げ nige escape

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ちょう兆 portent

辶 road

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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