避

避	U+907F, 避 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-907F

← 遾
[U+907E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

邀 →
[U+9080]

Translingual

Han character

避 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜尸口十 (YSRJ), four-corner 3030₄, composition ⿺辶辟)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1266, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39163
Dae Jaweon: page 1763, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3891, character 5
Unihan data for U+907F

Chinese

trad.		避
simp. ^#		避
2nd round simp.		⿰辶比

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 避
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	beːɡs, preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	preːɡ, pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	breːɡ, peːɡ
辟	peɡ, pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
癖	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
廦	pʰeɡ, peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beɡs): semantic 辶 (“to walk”) + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bei⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bei⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phit

(Meixian, Guangdong): pid⁵
Northern Min (KCR): pī
Eastern Min (BUC): biê
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pih⁶ / pia⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pī / phiah

(Teochew, Peng'im): bi⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bì
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴
  - Yale: bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
  - Palladius: би (bi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bei⁶
  - Yale: beih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phit
  - Hakka Romanization System: pid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰit̚¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: biê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pih⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pih
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²¹/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pih⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pih⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiʔ²/
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pia⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: piā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰia¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pia⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰia²¹/

Note:

pih6 - literary (e.g. 躲避);
pia6 - vernacular (e.g. 避開).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī
  - Tâi-lô: pī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pi²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah
  - Tâi-lô: phiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiaq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiaʔ³²/

Note: phiah - also written as 辟.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi¹¹/

Middle Chinese: bjieH

Rime
Character	避
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗義切
Baxter	bjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biə̆^H/
Li Rong	/bie^H/
Wang Li	/bǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ek-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*beɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	避
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ bjie^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ek-s/
English	avoid
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	避
Reading #	1/1
No.	667
Phonetic component	辟
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*beɡs/

Definitions

避

to avoid; to escape; to dodge
to prevent; to keep away

Synonyms

(to avoid): 躲開／躲开 (duǒkai)

Dialectal synonyms of 避 (“to avoid; to dodge”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		避
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	避
Cantonese	Guangzhou	避
	Hong Kong	避
	Taishan	避
Southern Min	Taipei	閃 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	閃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	閃
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(to prevent):

edit

候防 (Puxian Min)
免除 (miǎnchú)
嚴防 / 严防 (yánfáng)
戒備 / 戒备 (jièbèi)
提防
謹防 / 谨防 (jǐnfáng)
避免 (bìmiǎn)
防 (fáng)
防備 / 防备 (fángbèi)
防止 (fángzhǐ)
防範 / 防范 (fángfàn)
阻止 (zǔzhǐ)
預備 / 预备 (yùbèi) (literary)
預防 / 预防 (yùfáng)

Compounds

不避 (bùbì)
不避嫌疑
不避彊禦 / 不避强御
尹邢避面
回避 (huíbì)
就虛避實 / 就虚避实
引避
待避 (dàibì)
忌避
懼刀避劍 / 惧刀避剑
揚長避短 / 扬长避短 (yángchángbìduǎn)
政治避難 / 政治避难 (zhèngzhì bìnàn)
斂避 / 敛避
暫避 / 暂避 (zànbì)
水火不避
沒巴避 / 没巴避
浮瓜避暑
潛避 / 潜避 (qiánbì)
煨乾避濕 / 煨干避湿
畏避 (wèibì)
臨難不避 / 临难不避
規避 / 规避 (guībì)
誅不避貴 / 诛不避贵
走避 (zǒubì)
趨利避害 / 趋利避害 (qūlìbìhài)
趨吉避凶 (qūjíbìxiōng)
趨避 / 趋避
踰牆避命 / 逾墙避命
躲避 (duǒbì)
躲避球 (duǒbìqiú)
逃災避難 / 逃灾避难
迴避 / 回避 (huíbì)
逃避 (táobì)
退避 (tuìbì)
退避三舍 (tuìbìsānshè)
迴避學習 / 回避学习
逃避退縮 / 逃避退缩
避不見面 / 避不见面
避世 (bìshì)
避世離俗 / 避世离俗
避乖
避亂 / 避乱 (bìluàn)
避井落坑
避人之處 / 避人之处
避人眼目
避人耳目
避債 / 避债 (bìzhài)
避免 (bìmiǎn)
避凶就吉
避凶趨吉
避匿 (bìnì)
避地
避坑落井 (bìkēngluòjǐng)
避嫌 (bìxián)
避孕 (bìyùn)
避孕套 (bìyùntào)
避孕藥 / 避孕药 (bìyùnyào)
避宅
避寒 (bìhán)
避實就虛 / 避实就虚
避實擊虛 / 避实击虚
避就
避席 (bìxí)
避忌 (bìjì)
避暑 (bìshǔ)
避暑勝地 / 避暑胜地
避火浴血
避煞
避禍 / 避祸
避禍就福 / 避祸就福
避秦 (bìqín)
避而不談 / 避而不谈 (bì'érbùtán)
避衰
避諱 / 避讳 (bìhuì)
避賢 / 避贤
避賢謝拙 / 避贤谢拙
避邪 (bìxié)
避重就輕 / 避重就轻 (bìzhòngjiùqīng)
避銳鋒 / 避锐锋
避鋒頭 / 避锋头
避開 / 避开 (bìkāi)
避阱入坑
避難 / 避难 (bìnàn)
避難就易 / 避难就易
避難所 / 避难所 (bìnànsuǒ)
避雨 (bìyǔ)
避雷 (bìléi)
避雷針 / 避雷针 (bìléizhēn)
避風港 / 避风港 (bìfēnggǎng)
避風臺 / 避风台
避風頭 / 避风头 (bì fēngtou)
閃避 / 闪避 (shǎnbì)
防避
離鄉避井 / 离乡避井

References

“避”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“避”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “避”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 158.

Japanese

Shinjitai	避
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]	避󠄁 避+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	避󠄃 避+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

避

(Jōyō kanji)

to avoid

Readings

Go-on: び (bi)^{←び (bi, historical)}
Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)^{←ひ (fi, historical)}
Kun: さける (sakeru, 避ける, Jōyō)、よける (yokeru, 避ける)

Compounds

避(ひ)移(い) (hī)
避(ひ)隠(いん) (hīn)
避(ひ)影(えい) (hiei)
避(ひ)遠(えん) (hien)
避(ひ)禍(か) (hika)
避(ひ)回(かい), 避(ひ)廻(かい) (hikai)
避(ひ)害(がい) (higai)
避(ひ)礙(がい) (higai)
避(ひ)寒(かん) (hikan)
避(ひ)忌(き) (hiki)
避(ひ)諱(き) (hiki)
避(ひ)咎(きゅう) (hikyū)
避(ひ)去(きょ) (hikyo)
避(ひ)形(けい) (hikei)
避(ひ)権(けん) (hiken)
避(ひ)賢(けん) (hiken)
避(ひ)嫌(けん) (hiken)
避(ひ)穀(こく) (hikoku)
避(ひ)衰(さい) (hisai)
避(ひ)災(さい) (hisai)
避(ひ)罪(ざい) (hizai)
避(ひ)讒(ざん) (hizan)
避(ひ)仕(し) (hishi)
避(ひ)徙(し) (hishi)
避(ひ)邪(じゃ) (hija)
避(ひ)寿(じゅ) (hiju)
避(ひ)讐(しゅう) (hishū)
避(ひ)就(しゅう) (hishū)
避(ひ)暑(しょ) (hisho)
避(ひ)処(しょ) (hisho)
避(ひ)除(じょ) (hijo)
避(ひ)譲(じょう) (hijō)
避(ひ)秦(しん) (hishin)
避(ひ)人(じん) (hijin) (辟(ひ)人(じん))
避(ひ)世(せい) (hisei) (辟(ひ)世(せい))
避(ひ)税(ぜい) (hizei)
避(ひ)席(せき) (hiseki) (辟(ひ)席(せき))
避(ひ)走(そう) (hisō)
避(ひ)蔵(ぞう) (hizō)
避(ひ)遜(そん) (hison)
避(ひ)退(たい) (hitai)
避(ひ)地(ち) (hichi)
避(ひ)逃(とう) (hitō)
避(ひ)匿(とく) (hitoku)
避(ひ)難(なん) (hinan)
避(ひ)妊(にん), 避(ひ)姙(にん) (hinin)
避(ひ)熱(ねつ) (hinetsu)
避(ひ)泊(はく) (hihaku)
避(ひ)伏(ふく) (hifuku)
避(ひ)粉(ふん) (hifun)
避(ひ)辟(へき) (hiheki)
避(ひ)謗(ぼう) (hibō)
避(ひ)孕(よう) (hiyō)
避(ひ)雷(らい) (hirai)
避(ひ)乱(らん) (hiran)
畏(い)避(ひ) (ihi)
引避
隠(いん)避(ぴ) (inpi)
回(かい)避(ひ), 廻(かい)避(ひ) (kaihi)
還避
忌(き)避(ひ) (kihi)
諱(き)避(ひ) (kihi)
嫌避
顧避
高避
竄避
自避
推避
旋避
躱(た)避(ひ) (tahi)
軃(た)避(ひ) (tahi)
退(たい)避(ひ) (taihi)
憚(たん)避(ぴ) (tanpi)
逃(とう)避(ひ) (tōhi)
匿(とく)避(ひ) (tokuhi)
遁(とん)避(ぴ) (tonpi)

References

^ “避”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “避”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2133 (paper), page 1118 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1232 (paper), page 629 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

避 (eumhun 피할 피 (pihal pi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

避: Hán Nôm readings: tị

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[1] “避”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[2] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “避”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[3] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2133 (paper), page 1118 (digital)

[4] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1232 (paper), page 629 (digital)

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