You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) 逃 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1256, Entry 26 Ancient script. Pronounced tao. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To flee. Book of Documents (Shujing), Pastoral Vows (Musuo): Thus in the four quarters, many criminals flee. Commentary: Refers to people who have committed crimes and fled. Also, Guangyun: To avoid, to leave. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Wu: Jizha yielded and fled. Commentary: Refers to yielding the throne and fleeing. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Xie Gai: Men of talent hold their worth and flee; this is what is meant by going and not returning. Also used interchangeably with tiao. To escape. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gao: Xiang Yu besieged Chenggao, and the King of Han fled. Commentary: Tiao, pronounced tao. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Prince Ze of Yan: Fled rapidly to Chang'an. Also rhymes with ti. Liu Xin, Eulogy to Exemplary Women: The Lord of Wei did not listen, and the consequences led to flight. Xu could not save him, and the woman wrote Zai Chi. Jiyun: Tao, commonly written as the variant form (tuo), is incorrect. Ancient script form of the character. Textual research: Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gao: Xiang Yu besieged Chenggao, and the King of Han fled. Per the original text, changed Gao Di to Gao Zu. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Prince Ze of Yan: Fled rapidly to Chang'an. Commentary: Tiao, pronounced tao. The note on Tiao being pronounced Tao is found in the Records of the Grand Historian, not in the Book of the Former Han; it has now been moved under the entry for the King of Han fleeing. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Tao, one version is written as the character form. Commonly written as the variant form (tuo). According to the Shuowen, this statement does not exist. It has now been corrected to read per Jiyun: Tao, commonly written as the variant form (tuo), is incorrect.