遁
dùn

hide

To escape 辶 to shelter 盾; 盾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
盾
盾 SoundMeaning component
dùn shield

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwonXlˤu[n]ʔwithdraw
dwonHlˤu[n]ʔ-swithdraw
Zhengzhangl'uːnʔ
l'uːns
Unicodedhuə̀n
dhuə̌n

說文解字

遷也。一曰逃也。从辵盾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)