脱

tuō

to shed

to take off; to escape; to get away from

body (⺼) + [sound: 兑] = shed, slip off, escape

The flesh radical grounds the meaning in the body — skin, layers, coverings that can be shed or slipped off. 兑 mainly gives the sound tuō; the body does the escaping.

⺼+兑→脱
⺼FleshSemantic
兑SpeakingPhonetic

进屋前请把鞋脱掉。

jìn wū qián qǐng bǎ xié tuō diào。

please take off your shoes before entering the room.

他好不容易才从那个困境中脱身。

tā hǎo bù róng yì cái cóng nà ge kùn jìng zhōng tuō shēn。

he only managed to get away from that difficult situation with great effort.

Words with 脱

脱胎

tuō tāi

to be born

脱臼

tuō jiù

dislocation (of a joint)

脱逃

tuō táo

to run away

脱毛

tuō máo

to lose hair or feathers

脱水

tuō shuǐ

to dry out

开脱

kāi tuō

to exculpate

解脱

jiě tuō

to untie

脱离苦海

tuō lí kǔ hǎi

to escape from the abyss of suffering

脱机

tuō jī

offline

脱节

tuō jié

to come apart

通脱木

tōng tuō mù

rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)

金蝉脱壳

jīn chán tuō qiào

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell

More characters with ⺼

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