Kanji – escape

The Japanese kanji can mean escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free.

Meaning and Readings

Meaning: escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
Onyomi: トウ
Kunyomi: にげる, にがす, のがす, のがれる
Romaji: tou, nigeru, nigasu, nogasu, nogareru
JLPT: 2
Frequency Rank: 931

How is read?

has the onyomi reading トウ and the kunyomi readings にげる, にがす, のがす, のがれる.

In romaji, these readings can be written as tou, nigeru, nigasu, nogasu, nogareru.

Common Japanese Words Using

These common Japanese words contain . Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

  • (にがす)to set free, to let go, to release
  • (にげる)to run away, to flee, to get away (e.g. from danger), to escape, to break out, to leave (e.g. one's spouse)
  • (にげだす)to run away, to flee, to make off, to take to one's heels, to escape
  • (のがす)to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away
  • (のがれる)to escape
  • (とうそう)flight, desertion, escape
  • (とうひ)escape, evasion, flight
  • (とうぼう)escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
  • (みのがす)to miss, to overlook, to fail to notice
  • (にげあし)running away, escaping on foot

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