Keyword
to flee
- to run away
- to expel
- to revise
- to edit
- Frequency
- #3031
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
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Mnemonic
Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
窜
to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit
逃窜
to run away; to flee in disarray
流窜
to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
窜改
to alter; to modify; to change; to tamper
乱窜
to flee in disarray; to scatter
窜升
to rise rapidly; to shoot up
抱头鼠窜
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
窜扰
to invade and harass
奔窜
(of people or animals) to flee helter-skelter; to scatter; (of floodwater, an idea etc) to spread in all directions
窜红
to become suddenly popular; suddenly all the rage
窜逃
to flee in disorder; to scurry off
点窜
to reword; to edit a text
鼠窜
to scamper off; to scurry off like a frightened rat
窜犯
to raid; an intrusion (of the enemy, or bandit groups)