dùn
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To escape 辶 to shelter 盾; 盾 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 遁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to evade | ||
to vanish | ||
to escape | ||
to take refuge in religious life | ||
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lˤu[n]ʔ | dwonX | dùn | withdraw |
*lˤu[n]ʔ-s | dwonH | dùn | withdraw |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3222nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+9041 |
Shuowen | “遁，遷也。一曰逃也。从辵，盾聲。” |
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