avoid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

is a component form of .

辟 sound component

  Sound component

  

law

Evolution

避 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
避 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
避 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

avoid; turn aside; escape; hide; to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from

Most common words with 避
Freq.
Word
Meaning

避免

to avert

逃避

to escape

to avoid

回避

to shun

避开

to avoid