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Kanji Detail for 遁 - "to escape"

遁

  • Meaning

    遁 means "to escape." Also associated with to retreat.

    1. To escape - To flee; to run away; to hide.

    2. To retreat - To step back; to hesitate.

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    • Verified meaning: to escape
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to retreat

    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

    flee; escape; shirk; evade; set free

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hide, conceal oneself; escape

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to evade; to flee; to escape

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to flee, to escape; to hide, to conceal oneself

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

    Interchangeable with 遯. Escaping secretly without others knowing. Such as Taoist traditions having water escape, earth escape, and other methods. | Withdrawing from the world is called 遁. Such as saying 隱遁 (live in seclusion).

  • Onyomi

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    shun(シュン) シュン

    ton(トン) トン

  • Kunyomi

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    noga.reru(のが-れる) のが-れる

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    escape retreat cower hide flee run away abscond evade elude disappear dodge withdraw shun avoid decamp

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