| Kanji | 遁 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | トン |
| Kunyomi | のが.れる |
| English | flee, escape, shirk, evade, set free |
| JLPT Level | 0 |
| Jouyou Grade | S+ |
| Components | 盾: shield; escutcheon; pretext 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Keyword | elude (RTK3) |
| Koohii Story 1 | "It really eludes me why we have two kanji with the same keyword... this one and deviate/elude (#1973). But lets intertwine their stories: The rabbit, who eluded capture (deviate/elude (#1973)) on the road, was finally caught when someone threw a shield over it." |
| Koohii Story 2 | "The Spartan had to block the road to stop the advancing enemy army, but he tried to shirk his duty and threw away his shield. That's suicide." |
| RTK Index (new) | 2496 |
Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+, jinmeiyou
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