Kanji N3

逃: escape, flee, shirk

逃 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning escape, flee, shirk, written with 9 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and にげる, にがす, のがす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 逃げる (にげる, to run away) and 逃走 (とうそう, flight).

逃

Meanings

  • escape
  • flee
  • shirk
  • evade
  • set free
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#931 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • にげる
  • にがす
  • のがす
  • のがれる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 逃

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 逃げるにげる

    to run away; to flee

    JLPT N4
  • 逃走とうそう

    flight; desertion; escape

    JLPT N1
  • 逃亡とうぼう

    escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

    JLPT N1
  • 逃れるのがれる

    to escape

    JLPT N1
  • 逃げ出すにげだす

    to run away; to flee; to make off

    JLPT N1
  • 逃すのがす

    to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose

    JLPT N1
  • 逃がすにがす

    to set free; to let go; to release

    JLPT N2
  • 見逃すみのがす

    to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice

    JLPT N1

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