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遁

遁

Translingual

Han character

遁 (radical 162 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹十山 (YHJU), four-corner 32306)

  1. hide, to conceal oneself
  2. escape, release

References

  • KangXi: page 1260, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38982
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1750, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3859, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9041

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 遁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (盾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
盾 *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ
遁 *l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns
循 *ljun
揗 *ljun, *ɦljunʔ, *ɦljuns
楯 *ljun, *l̥ʰun, *ɦljunʔ
輴 *l̥ʰun
腯 *l'uːd
鍎 *l'uːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 遁 遁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 魂 (55) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 徒損切 徒困切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /duənX/ /duənH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /duonX/ /duonH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /duənX/ /duənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /dwənX/ /dwənH/
Li
Rong		 /duənX/ /duənH/
Wang
Li		 /duənX/ /duənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /dʱuənX/ /dʱuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 dùn dùn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 遁 遁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 dùn dùn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dwonX › ‹ dwonH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lˤu[n]ʔ/ /*lˤu[n]ʔ-s/
English withdraw withdraw

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 遁 遁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2624 2625
Phonetic
component		 盾 盾
Rime
group		 文 文
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 囤 鈍
Old
Chinese		 /*l'uːnʔ/ /*l'uːns/

Definitions

遁

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Compounds

  • 土遁
  • 奇門遁甲／奇门遁甲
  • 支遁
  • 支遁買山／支遁买山
  • 望風而遁／望风而遁
  • 棲遁／栖遁
  • 水遁
  • 深藏遠遁／深藏远遁
  • 潛身遠遁／潜身远遁
  • 無所遁形／无所遁形 (wú suǒ dùn xíng)
  • 禽奔獸遁／禽奔兽遁
  • 肥遁
  • 逃遁
  • 遁世
  • 遁世逃名
  • 遁世離群／遁世离群
  • 遁佚
  • 遁入空門／遁入空门
  • 遁化
  • 遁北
  • 遁名匿跡／遁名匿迹
  • 遁形
  • 遁甲
  • 遁藏
  • 遁走
  • 遁跡／遁迹
  • 遁跡潛形／遁迹潜形
  • 遁跡銷聲／遁迹销声
  • 遁身
  • 遁辭／遁辞
  • 遁逃
  • 違世遁俗／违世遁俗
  • 遜遁／逊遁
  • 遠遁／远遁 (yuǎndùn)
  • 遠遁山林／远遁山林
  • 隱遁／隐遁
  • 高飛遠遁／高飞远遁

Japanese

Kanji

遁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. escape

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
遁
のがれ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

The 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 遁れる ‎(nogareru, “to run away, to escape”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • 遁れ, 逃れ, 逃

Noun

遁 ‎(hiragana のがれ, romaji nogare)

  1. an escape, a dodge, avoidance, evasion

Usage notes

The 逃れ spelling is more common.

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

遁 • ‎(dun, don) (hangeul 둔, 돈, revised dun, don, McCune-Reischauer tun, ton, Yale twun, ton)

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