逃
to escape; to run away; to flee
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,178 U+9003
How 逃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 兆 (phonetic, zhào)
How to remember it
escape · Heisig RSH #295
兆 portent + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 兆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 兆 (zhào) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兆 sound component | zhào | omen; mega-, million |
| 跳 | tiào | to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance |
| 桃 | táo | peach; marriage; surname |
| 挑 | tiāo | to select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load |
| 姚 | yáo | handsome, elegant, attractive; surname |
| 洮 | táo | to cleanse; a river in Gansu province |
| 眺 | tiào | to gaze, to look at; to scan, to survey |
| 窕 | tiǎo | slender; quiet, modest; charming |
| 铫 | yáo | hoe; spear; surname |
| 珧 | yáo | mother-of-pearl |
| 晁 | cháo | morning, dawn; surname |
| 祧 | tiāo | ancestral hall |
| 鼗 | táo | small revolving drum with knobs |
Words containing 逃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死里逃生 | sǐ lǐ táo shēng | mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teet… |
| 无路可逃 | wú lù kě táo | no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner |
| 逃不出 | táo bù chū | unable to escape; can't get out |
| 法网难逃 | fǎ wǎng nán táo | it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom) |
| 难逃法网 | nán táo fǎ wǎng | It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law; the long arm of the law |
| 资本外逃 | zī běn wài táo | outflow of capital |
| 逃北者 | táo běi zhě | North Korean refugee |
| 望风而逃 | wàng fēng ér táo | to flee at the mere sight of (idiom) |
| 大逃港 | Dà Táo Gǎng | exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s) |
| 逃学 | táo xué | to play truant; to cut classes |
| 逃生 | táo shēng | to flee for one's life |
| 出逃 | chū táo | to run away; to flee (the country) |
| 外逃 | wài táo | to flee abroad; to run away; to desert; outflow |
| 密室逃脱 | mì shì táo tuō | escape room |
| 逃单 | táo dān | to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill |
| 落荒而逃 | luò huāng ér táo | to flee in defeat; to bolt |
| 逃税天堂 | táo shuì tiān táng | tax haven |
| 逃难 | táo nàn | to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee |
| 逃命 | táo mìng | to escape; to flee; to run for one's life |
| 逃走 | táo zǒu | to escape; to flee; to run away |