逃

táo

t+áo·2nd tone

to escape · to run away

Radical: 辶 Strokes: 9 HSK 5

Structure: Bottom-left surroundFrequency: Common

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸选造还

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Character Decomposition

逃=辶+兆

Etymology

walk

Meanings

to escape

to run away

to flee

táo

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Words with 逃 186 total

to run away · to flee (the country)出逃chū táo to flee · to run away奔逃bēn táo to flee in disorder · to scurry off窜逃cuàn táo to stampede惊逃jīng táo to defect叛逃pàn táo to run away to · to flee逃奔táo bèn to escape · to evade · to avoid · to shirk逃避táo bì army deserter逃兵táo bīng to run away · to flee in disarray逃窜táo cuàn to escape · to disappear逃遁táo dùn escaped criminal; fugitive from the law逃犯táo fàn to escape from a famine · to get away from a famine-stricken region逃荒táo huāng to flee to avoid an arranged marriage逃婚táo hūn

Idioms with 逃 20 total Chain

to run off in a great panic (idiom)仓皇出逃cāng huáng chū táo Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.劫数难逃jié shù nán táo to flee in defeat · to bolt落荒而逃luò huāng ér táo

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