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Kanji Detail for 避 - "to avoid, to escape"

避

  • Meaning

    避 means "to avoid, to escape."

    1. Avoid - To evade; to escape from.

    2. Dodge - To sidestep; to get away from.

  • Words using 避

    • 避難 ひなん Listen taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation
    • 回避 かいひ Listen evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
    • 避難民 ひなんみん Listen evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
    • 避妊 ひにん Listen contraception; birth control
    • 不可避 ふかひ Listen inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
    • 逃避 とうひ Listen escape; evasion; flight
    • 避暑 ひしょ Listen escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
    • 退避 たいひ Listen taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)

  • Tattoo check: 避

    • Verified meaning: to avoid, to escape
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    evade; avoid; avert; ward off; shirk; shun

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    avoid; turn aside; escape; hide

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To go against; to evade. To distance oneself and not encounter something. As in 引避 (withdraw), 迴避 (avoid). | To refrain from using due to taboo. As in 避諱 (avoiding taboo words) in writing, 避熟 (avoiding overused expressions) in allusions.

  • Onyomi

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    hi(ヒ) ヒ

  • Kunyomi

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    sa.keru(さ-ける) さ-ける

    yo.keru(よ-ける) よ-ける

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to avoid to escape evade shun dodge elude avert sidestep circumvent ward off prevent

Sentences including 避

  • It can't be helped.

  • No one can avert death.

  • Don't avoid my question.

  • I felt as if he shrank from meeting me.

  • We must avoid war by all possible means.

  • War is not inevitable.

  • You should keep away from bad company.

  • He avoided meeting her on the way.

  • She avoids me.

  • Accidents will happen.

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