逃

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to escape; to run away; to flee

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 兆 sound ( zhào )

Components 辶兆

escape · Heisig RSH #295

兆 portent + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
死里逃生	sǐ lǐ táo shēng	mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teet…
无路可逃	wú lù kě táo	no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner
逃不出	táo bù chū	unable to escape; can't get out
法网难逃	fǎ wǎng nán táo	it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
难逃法网	nán táo fǎ wǎng	It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law; the long arm of the law
资本外逃	zī běn wài táo	outflow of capital
逃北者	táo běi zhě	North Korean refugee
望风而逃	wàng fēng ér táo	to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
大逃港	Dà Táo Gǎng	exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s)
逃学	táo xué	to play truant; to cut classes
逃生	táo shēng	to flee for one's life
出逃	chū táo	to run away; to flee (the country)
外逃	wài táo	to flee abroad; to run away; to desert; outflow
密室逃脱	mì shì táo tuō	escape room
逃单	táo dān	to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill
落荒而逃	luò huāng ér táo	to flee in defeat; to bolt
逃税天堂	táo shuì tiān táng	tax haven
逃难	táo nàn	to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
逃命	táo mìng	to escape; to flee; to run for one's life
逃走	táo zǒu	to escape; to flee; to run away

Characters sharing the sound component 兆 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
兆 sound part	zhào	omen; mega-, million
跳	tiào	to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
桃	táo	peach; marriage; surname
挑	tiāo	to select, to choose; picky, choosy; a load
姚	yáo	handsome, elegant, attractive; surname
洮	táo	to cleanse; a river in Gansu province
眺	tiào	to gaze, to look at; to scan, to survey
窕	tiǎo	slender; quiet, modest; charming
铫	yáo	hoe; spear; surname
珧	yáo	mother-of-pearl
晁	cháo	morning, dawn; surname
祧	tiāo	ancestral hall
鼗	táo	small revolving drum with knobs