Kanji
N3 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #931

escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

flight; desertion
escape; flight
escape; evasion
runaway trip; journey of escape

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to run away; to flee
escape; getaway
to escape
to make good one's escape; to get away
to run away; to flee
overlooking
(place of) refuge; escape
to set free; to let go
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit

Example sentences

The moment he saw us, he ran away.

He ran away with the diamond.

He ran away in the direction of the wood.

Two nasty guys robbed me of my jewels and ran away.