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逃 — kanji meaning “escape”

escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

Meanings
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
9
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#931 of 2,500
Classical radical
162
Chinese reading
táo — Chinese character page

Words with 逃

WordReadingMeaning
にげる nigeruto run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger)
とうそう tousouflight; desertion; escape
にげ nigeescape; getaway; evasion
のがれる nogareruto escape
とうぼう toubouescape; flight; running away
とうひ touhiescape; evasion; flight
みのがし minogashioverlooking
にげだす nigedasuto run away; to flee; to make off
のがす nogasuto miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
にがす nigasuto set free; to let go; to release
にげみち nigemichiway out; means to escape; escape route
みのがす minogasuto miss; to overlook; to fail to notice

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.