Kanji1 / 16
避 kanji
evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ヒ
Kun readings
さけるよける
Words with 避
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1避難Populartaking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
- —回避Popularevasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
- —忌避Popularevasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
- —退避Populartaking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
- —逃避Popularescape; evasion; flight
- —避暑Popularescaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
- —避妊Popularcontraception; birth control
- —不可避Popularinevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
- —避難民Popularevacuees; displaced persons; refugees
- —待避taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
- —避寒going somewhere warmer for the winter; wintering
- —避止abstention
- —隠避helping a criminal to avoid arrest
- —避忌evasion; avoidance; shirking
- —避諱avoiding using a name (naming taboo in ancient China)
- —避球dodgeball
- —避退taking refuge; evacuation
- —避暑地place that is cool in the summer; place one goes to escape the heat of summer; summer retreat
- —避難者evacuee
- —避雷針lightning rod