逃 Kanji – escape
The Japanese kanji 逃 can mean escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free.
Meaning and Readings
How is 逃 read?
逃 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 逃
These common Japanese words contain 逃. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 逃がす（にがす） — to set free, to let go, to release
- 逃げる（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)
- 逃げ出す（にげだす） — to run away, to flee, to make off, to take to one's heels, to escape
- 逃す（のがす） — to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away
- 逃れる（のがれる） — to escape
- 逃走（とうそう） — flight, desertion, escape
- 逃避（とうひ） — escape, evasion, flight
- 逃亡（とうぼう） — escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
- 見逃す （みのがす） — to miss, to overlook, to fail to notice
- 逃げ足（にげあし） — running away, escaping on foot