避 — evade, avoid, avert

さける避 evade

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+907F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #756 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1618 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

evade
avoid
avert
ward off
shirk
shun

word

さ sa 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).

避(さ) ける sakeru to avoid

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

回(かい) 避(ひ) kaihi evasion 避(ひ) 難(なん) hinan evacuation 逃(とう) 避(ひ) touhi escape 忌(き) 避(ひ) kihi avoidance

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

辟 to open

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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