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遁

dùn

Character

What 遁 means

1. to evade
2. to flee
3. to escape

Other readings

遁 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dùnvariant of {遁|dùn}

Words starting with 遁

• 遁形dùn xíngto vanish; to hide; to cover one's traces
• 遁入空门dùn rù kōng ménto take refuge in religious life

Words containing 遁

• 尿遁niào dùn(slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth)
• 逃遁táo dùnto escape; to disappear
• 隐遁yǐn dùnto disappear from view; to live in seclusion
• 奇门遁甲qí mén dùn jiǎQimen Dunjia, an ancient system of occult arts used for divination and strategic planning
• 闻风先遁wén fēng xiān dùnto flee at hearing the news (idiom)

Characters that look like 遁

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà

Sounds the same

Read dùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顿to stop; to pause; to arrange
• 盾shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries…
• 钝blunt; stupid
• 炖to stew
• 囤bin for grain
• 沌used in 混沌
• 庉a village; to dwell together
• 砘(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds…