逃 (táo): meaning and stroke order
逃 (táo) means to escape, to run away, to flee.
逃
- Simplified
- 逃
- Traditional
- 逃 (same form)
- Pinyin
- táo
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Stroke order of 逃
逃
- táo to escape; to run away
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Meaning of 逃
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táo
- to escape
- to run away
- to flee
Radical and structure
- 逃
- Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 10 strokes · built from 辶 and 兆
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 逃
- 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee
逃 in our stories
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十年后，他终于找到机会逃了出去，继续向西走，最后真的找到了大月氏。
shí nián hòu tā zhōngyú zhǎodào jīhuì táo le chūqu jìxù xiàng xī zǒu zuìhòu zhēnde zhǎodào le Dà Yuèzhī
Ten years later he finally escaped, continued west, and really did find the Yuezhi.
From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
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这一仗从天上打到地下，打得山崩地裂，最后共工大败，狼狈地逃到了西北的不周山下。
zhè yí zhàng cóng tiān shàng dǎ dào dì xià dǎ de shānbēng-dìliè zuìhòu Gònggōng dàbài lángbèi de táo dào le xīběi de Bùzhōu Shān xià
The battle raged from the heavens to the underworld until mountains fell and the earth split; at last Gonggong was routed and fled in disarray to the foot of Mount Buzhou in the north-west.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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他扔下手里的书，连鞋子都来不及穿，头也不回地逃出了家门。
tā rēng xià shǒu lǐ de shū lián xiézi dōu láibují chuān tóu yě bù huí de táo chū le jiāmén
He threw down his book and, without even stopping to put on his shoes, fled out of the house without looking back.
From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 逃
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).