逃

See also: 迯

逃 U+9003, 逃 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 3330₀, 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

trad.		逃
simp. #		逃
alternative forms		跳 迯 𨓱 𨓖 𨒯 跳 迯 𨓱 𨓖 𨒯 𧻏

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (兆) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tao²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau³

• Gan (Wiktionary): tau²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thò

  (Hailu, HRS): to

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tau²

• Jin (Wiktionary): tau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): dò̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dor² / do²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tô / tô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): do⁵

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thò
    • Hakka Romanization System: to^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: to
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tau²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰau¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dor²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dor²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒ²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: do²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: deó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to¹³/

Note:

• dor2 - literary;
• do2 - vernacular.

• 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: do⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒu̯¹³/

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• 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	tou4

• 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

1. to escape; to run away
2. to evade; to abscond; to dodge
3. 49th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "flight" (𝌶)

Synonyms

• (to escape):

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• 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):

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• 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)
• 逃僻 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 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

References

• “逃”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “逃”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 173.