避免 (bì miǎn)
to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
Character breakdown
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避 (bì) · 16 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.
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免 (miǎn) · 7 strokes
Pictograph of a person wearing a hat or a crown, now written as 冕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.