escape, flee, shirk, evade
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
それを逃したら、次は始発の朝五時だけだ。
Sore o nogashitara, tsugi wa shihatsu no asa go-ji dake da.
If you miss it, the only other one is tomorrow's first train, at five AM.
結局、今日は誰も甘い物から逃げられなかったね。
Kekkyoku, kyou wa dare mo amai mono kara nigerarenakatta ne.
Guess nobody's escaping sweets today.
タナカ!これは絶対見逃したくなかったんだ。
Tanaka! Kore wa zettai minogashitakunakattan da.
Tanaka! Wasn't going to miss this for anything.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0