# 逃

| 逃 | U+9003, &#36867; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9003 |
| ← 适 [U+9002] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 逄 → [U+9004] |

## Translingual
### Han character

逃 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜中一人 (YLMO), four-corner 3330$_0$, composition ⿺辶兆)

#### Derived characters

* 𫃹, 𰸩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1256, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38845
* Dae Jaweon: page 1741, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3830, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9003

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逃 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 挑 | *l̥ʰaːw, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːwʔ |
| 洮 | *l̥ʰaːw, *l'aːw, *lew |
| 桃 | *l'aːw |
| 逃 | *l'aːw |
| 咷 | *l'aːw, *l̥ʰeːws |
| 鼗 | *l'aːw |
| 鞉 | *l'aːw |
| 駣 | *l'aːw, *l'aːwʔ, *l'aːws, *l'ewʔ |
| 𣂁 | *sl̥ʰew |
| 脁 | *l̥ʰews |
| 晁 | *l'ew |
| 兆 | *l'ewʔ |
| 旐 | *l'ewʔ |
| 狣 | *l'ewʔ |
| 鮡 | *l'ewʔ, *l'eːw |
| 垗 | *l'ewʔ |
| 姚 | *lew |
| 珧 | *lew |
| 銚 | *lew, *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːws |
| 恌 | *lew, *l̥ʰeːw |
| 烑 | *lew |
| 餆 | *lew |
| 筄 | *lews |
| 艞 | *lews |
| 佻 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l'eːw |
| 祧 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 朓 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːwʔ |
| 庣 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 趒 | *l̥ʰeːw, *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw |
| 聎 | *l̥ʰeːw |
| 眺 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 覜 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 頫 | *l̥ʰeːws, *poʔ |
| 絩 | *l̥ʰeːws |
| 跳 | *l̥ʰeːws, *l'eːw |
| 窕 | *l'eːwʔ |
| 誂 | *l'eːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'aːw) : semantic 辶 (“walk”) + phonetic 兆 (OC *l'ewʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): táo (tao$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tao$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tou$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tau$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thò
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tau$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tô / tô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): do$^5$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dau$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^2$
*** Yale: táu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
*** Palladius: тао (tao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tao$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tao
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$
*** Yale: tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hau²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰau²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò
*** Hakka Romanization System: to$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: to$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰau¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /to⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
*** Tâi-lô: tô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /to²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: do$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tô
*** Sinological IPA : /to⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: dau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɒu̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: daw
Rime :
| Character | 逃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒刀切 |
| Baxter | daw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daw/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤaw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 逃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | táo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ daw › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁaw/ |
| English | flee |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 逃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16845 |
| Phonetic component | 兆 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陶 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'aːw/ |

### Definitions

逃
* to escape; to run away
* to evade; to abscond; to dodge
* 49th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "flight" (𝌶)

#### Synonyms

* (to escape):
* 亡
* 出逃 (chūtáo)
* 奔逃 (bēntáo) (formal)
* 脫逃／脱逃 (tuōtáo)
* 落跑 (chiefly Taiwan)
* 逃奔 (táobèn)
* 逃走 (táozǒu)
* 逃跑 (táopǎo)
* 逃逸 (táoyì) (literary)
* 逃離／逃离 (táolí)
* (to evade):
* 伏
* 匿藏 (nìcáng)
* 埋
* 埋藏 (máicáng) (figuratively)
* 暗囥 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 暗藏 (àncáng)
* 潛藏／潜藏 (qiáncáng)
* 竄／窜 (cuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 竄匿／窜匿 (cuànnì)
* 藏蹤／藏踪 (cángzōng)
* 藏身 (cángshēn)
* 藏躲 (cángduǒ)
* 覕囥／𰴕囥 (Hokkien)
* 走覕／走𰴕 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 走閃／走闪 (Min Nan)
* 躲藏 (duǒcáng)
* 躲避 (duǒbì)
* 逃匿 (táonì)
* 逃避 (táobì)
* 迴避／回避 (huíbì)
* 避諱／避讳 (bìhuì) (colloquial)
* 閃覕／闪𰴕 (Min Nan)
* 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)
* 隱蔽／隐蔽 (yǐnbì)
* 隱藏／隐藏 (yǐncáng)
* 隱覕／隐𰴕 (ín-bih, ún-bih) (Min Nan)
* 隱避／隐避 (yǐnbì)

### Compounds

* 出逃 (chūtáo)
* 在劫難逃／在劫难逃 (zàijiénántáo)
* 在逃 (zàitáo)
* 大逃亡
* 奔逃 (bēntáo)
* 定數難逃／定数难逃
* 掛印而逃／挂印而逃
* 捲款潛逃／卷款潜逃
* 捲逃／卷逃
* 插翅難逃／插翅难逃 (chāchìnántáo)
* 斂影逃形／敛影逃形
* 望風而逃／望风而逃
* 東躲西逃／东躲西逃
* 東逃西竄／东逃西窜 (dōngtáoxīcuàn)
* 死裡逃生／死里逃生
* 法網難逃／法网难逃
* 波逃
* 浮逃
* 潛逃／潜逃 (qiántáo)
* 潰逃／溃逃 (kuìtáo)
* 狼狽而逃／狼狈而逃
* 畏罪潛逃／畏罪潜逃
* 目逃
* 私逃
* 窩逃／窝逃
* 竄逃／窜逃 (cuàntáo)
* 聞風而逃／闻风而逃
* 脫逃／脱逃 (tuōtáo)
* 膚橈目逃／肤桡目逃
* 臨陣脫逃／临阵脱逃 (línzhèntuōtáo)
* 落荒而逃 (luòhuāng'értáo)
* 虎口逃生
* 逃世
* 逃之夭夭 (táozhīyāoyāo)
* 逃亡 (táowáng)
* 逃亡潮
* 逃亡者 (táowángzhě)
* 逃債／逃债 (táozhài)
* 逃債臺／逃债台
* 逃兵 (táobīng)
* 逃出生天
* 逃刑
* 逃勇
* 逃北
* 逃匿 (táonì)
* 逃名
* 逃名晦跡／逃名晦迹
* 逃名溷俗
* 逃命 (táomìng)
* 逃回
* 逃奔 (táobèn)
* 逃奴
* 逃妻
* 逃婚 (táohūn)
* 逃嫁
* 逃學／逃学 (táoxué)
* 逃家
* 逃席
* 逃弗過／逃弗过
* 逃散
* 逃死 (táosǐ)
* 逃漏
* 逃漏稅／逃漏税
* 逃災躲難／逃灾躲难
* 逃災避難／逃灾避难
* 逃犯 (táofàn)
* 逃獄／逃狱 (táoyù)
* 逃生 (táoshēng)
* 逃生子
* 逃瘧／逃疟
* 逃石
* 逃稅／逃税 (táoshuì)
* 逃竄／逃窜 (táocuàn)
* 逃罪 (táozuì)
* 逃脫／逃脱 (táotuō)
* 逃荒 (táohuāng)
* 逃課／逃课 (táokè)
* 逃走 (táozǒu)
* 逃跑 (táopǎo)
* 逃躲
* 逃軍／逃军
* 逃速
* 逃逸 (táoyì)
* 逃遁 (táodùn)
* 逃避 (táobì)
* 逃避退縮／逃避退缩
* 逃閃／逃闪
* 逃難／逃难 (táonàn)
* 逃離／逃离 (táolí)
* 逋逃 (būtáo)
* 逋逃藪／逋逃薮 (būtáosǒu)
* 遁世逃名
* 遁逃 (dùntáo)
* 難逃法網／难逃法网

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 逃 |
| Kyūjitai | 逃󠄂 逃+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 逃󠄄 逃+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to escape; to run away

#### Readings

* Go-on: どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)
* Kun: にげる (nigeru, 逃げる, Jōyō)、にがす (nigasu, 逃がす, Jōyō)、のがす (nogasu, 逃す, Jōyō)、のがれる (nogareru, 逃れる, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 逃散
* 逃走
* 逃避
* 逃避行
* 逃避的
* 逃亡
* 逃亡者
* 逃亡生活

### Definitions

* Kanji in this term
* 逃
* のがれ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 逃 – see the following entry. :
| 【逃のがれ】 | [noun] an escape, a dodge, avoidance, evasion Alternative spellings 遁れ, 遁 |
(This term, 逃, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “逃”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

逃 (eumhun 달아날 도 (daranal do))
* hanja form of 도 (“escape, flee”)
* hanja form of 도 (“abscond, dodge”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

逃: Hán Nôm readings: đào
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