遁

遁	U+9041, 遁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9041

← 遀
[U+9040]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遂 →
[U+9042]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𠎻, 𡀷, 𱘇, 𢶿, 𣜲, 𡮽, 𨆛, 𨮐

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1260, character 26
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38982
Dae Jaweon: page 1750, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3859, character 12
Unihan data for U+9041

Chinese

trad.		遁
simp. ^#		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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'uːnʔ, *l'uːns): semantic 辶 + phonetic 盾 (OC *l'uːnʔ, *ɦljunʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dùn (dun⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deon⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dong⁵ / duong⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dùn
  - Wade–Giles: tun⁴
  - Yale: dwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duenn
  - Palladius: дунь (dunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: deon⁶
  - Yale: deuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dong⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: deōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: duong⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuoŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: dwonX, dwonH

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
Baxter	dwonX	dwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duən^X/	/duən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/duon^X/	/duon^H/
Shao Rongfen	/duən^X/	/duən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwən^X/	/dwən^H/
Li Rong	/duən^X/	/duən^H/
Wang Li	/duən^X/	/duən^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuən^X/	/dʱuən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dùn	dùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	deon⁶	deon⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤu[n]ʔ/, /*lˤu[n]ʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'uːnʔ/, /*l'uːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遁	遁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dùn	dùn
Middle Chinese	‹ dwon^X ›	‹ dwon^H ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁu[n]ʔ/	/*lˁu[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

to escape; to flee; to evade
to hide away; to conceal oneself

Compounds

土遁
奇門遁甲 / 奇门遁甲 (qíméndùnjiǎ)
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 (wúsuǒdùnxíng)
禽奔獸遁 / 禽奔兽遁
肥遁
逃遁 (táodùn)
遁世 (dùnshì)
遁世逃名
違世遁俗 / 违世遁俗
遁世離群 / 遁世离群
遁佚
遁入空門 / 遁入空门 (dùnrùkōngmén)
遁化
遁北
遁名匿跡 / 遁名匿迹
遁形 (dùnxíng)
遁甲 (dùnjiǎ)
遁藏
遁走 (dùnzǒu)
遁跡 / 遁迹 (dùnjì)
遁跡潛形 / 遁迹潜形
遁跡銷聲 / 遁迹销声
遁身
遁辭 / 遁辞
遁逃 (dùntáo)
遜遁 / 逊遁
遠遁 / 远遁 (yuǎndùn)
遠遁山林 / 远遁山林
隱遁 / 隐遁 (yǐndùn)
高飛遠遁 / 高飞远遁

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “遁”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 57.

Japanese

Kanji

遁

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

to escape, to run away

Readings

Go-on: しゅん (shun)、どん (don)
Kan-on: しゅん (shun)、とん (ton)
Kun: にげる (nigeru, 遁げる)、のがれる (nogareru, 遁れる)

Compounds

遁(とん)辞(じ) (tonji)
遁走(とんそう) (tonsō)
水遁(すいとん) (suiton)
逃(ちょう)遁(とん) (chōton)
土(ど)遁(とん) (doton)
火遁(かとん) (katon)
木遁(もくとん) (mokuton)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
遁
のがれ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 遁 – see the following entry.

【逃のがれ】

[noun] an escape, a dodge, avoidance, evasion

Alternative spellings
遁れ, 逃

(This term, 遁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

The 逃れ spelling is more common.

References

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

遁: Hán Việt readings: độn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
遁: Nôm readings: trốn^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7], rộn^[2]^[3]^[6], đón^[1]^[6], lộn^[1]^[6], trộn^[2]^[6], dọn^[2]^[6], nhộn^[2], rón^[6]

chữ Nôm form of dọn (“to arrange; to put in order; to move; to relocate”)
chữ Nôm form of đón (“to welcome; to greet”)
chữ Nôm form of lộn (“to turn the inside out; to reverse; to flip; to overturn”)
chữ Nôm form of rộn (“noisy; disorderly”)
chữ Nôm form of trốn (“to hide oneself; to escape; to flee”)
chữ Nôm form of trộn (“to mix, to blend”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Trần (2004).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hồ (1976).
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Génibrel (1898).
^ Bonet (1899).
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 Nguyễn (2014).
^ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

[tdcntd-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Trần (2004).

[btcn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hồ (1976).

[genibrel-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Génibrel (1898).

[bonet-5] Bonet (1899).

[tdcndg-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 Nguyễn (2014).

[taberd-7] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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