Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

    Usually written using kana alone

    彼は株の大暴落をうまくかわしていました。
    He made his timely escape from the stock market crash.

Also written 避わす【かわす】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dodge, parry, avoid

Kun
かわ.す
On
Strokes
13
Radical
body

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Dictionary and index codes (9)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
4a9.32The Kanji Dictionary
2729.4Four corner code
8eb1Unicode hex code
1-77-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5932New Nelson (John Haig)
38078Morohashi
duo3Pinyin reading
taKorean reading