Memory phrase for the character: 遁


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Meaning

to evade, to flee, hide, to conceal oneself

Pronunciation

dùn

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: shield 盾 (A shield 厂 with 10 十 eyes 目 as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)

Mnemonic


 
Who uses a shield at the movement, evades (the fight) and flees.

Radicals

movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
shield
cliff
tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
eyeImage of an eye with a central pupil 口.




 Vocabulary

隐遁 yǐn dùn  to hide (from the world)
遁形 dùn xíng  to vanish; to hide; to cover one's traces
遁入空门 dùn rù kōng mén  to take refuge in religious life
遁入空门 dùn rù kōng mén  


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