逃げる
にげる · nigeru · JLPT N4 · verb-ichidan
to run away
🏃 nigeru: the knee-gear-oo kicks in and you run away
Sound hook: ni-ge-ru is close to knee-gear-oo, so shift your knees into gear and flee. The kanji 逃 carries the movement radical 辶 (walk, go) plus 兆 for sound, so the character itself marks a going-away action.
逃 — 辶 walk radical + 兆 zhào (phonetic)
逃 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The walking radical 辶 carries the meaning of motion or going, while 兆 supplies the sound. Together they convey the idea of moving away, hence 'to flee' or 'to escape'.