逃避 (táo bì)

Character breakdown

• 逃 (táo) · 9 strokes

  Originally written as 兆, a pictograph of two people escaping a flood. The 辶 (walk) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

• 避 (bì) · 16 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.