逸 means “deviate, escape, excel”

いつ · itsu

Also: idleness, leisure, miss the mark

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

それる, そらす, はぐれる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イツ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Walking (辶) with a rabbit (兎, missing its tail dot so it looks like 免): the Shuowen explains it as a hare that slips away. 逸れる is to stray off course, an 逸話 is an anecdote that escaped the record, and an 逸材 is a rare talent.

Used in 逸話 (itsuwa, anecdote), 逸材 (itsuzai, exceptional talent), and 逸脱 (itsudatsu, deviation)

More from Routes & Returns

• 搬 carry
• 循 circulate
• 旋 revolve
• 迭 replace
• 遷 move
• 遡 go upstream
• 臨 face
• 還 return
• 至 reach
• 滞 stagnate
• 沿 run along
• 巡 go around

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.