出
to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #59 U+51FA
How 出 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵
components: 屮 凵
How to remember it
exit · Heisig RSH #689
山 mountain
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 出 as their sound component
These characters all use 出 (chū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出 sound component | chū | to go out, to send out; stand; produce |
| 屈 | qū | to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched |
| 拙 | zhuō | awkward, clumsy; dull, stupid |
| 础 | chǔ | foundation stone, plinth; basis |
| 黜 | chù | to dismiss; to downgrade, to demote |
| 咄 | duō | a cry of anger |
| 绌 | chù | to stitch, to sew; insufficient |
| 诎 | qū | to stutter, to exhaust; to crouch, to bend |
Words containing 出
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出人头地 | chū rén tóu dì | to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel |
| 出家人 | chū jiā rén | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) |
| 出生地 | chū shēng dì | birthplace |
| 出国 | chū guó | to go abroad; to leave the country |
| 出山 | chū shān | to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take… |
| 出水 | chū shuǐ | to discharge water; to appear out of the water; to break the surface |
| 出头 | chū tóu | to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction … |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 生出 | shēng chū | to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce |
| 出马 | chū mǎ | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring |
| 出自 | chū zì | to come from |
| 出家 | chū jiā | to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun |
| 出海 | chū hǎi | to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets |
| 出水口 | chū shuǐ kǒu | water outlet; drainage outlet |
| 大打出手 | dà dǎ chū shǒu | to come to blows; to start a fight; (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight … |
| 出动 | chū dòng | to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops |
| 出风头 | chū fēng tou | to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 … |
| 出行 | chū xíng | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip) |
| 出生地点 | chū shēng dì diǎn | place of birth |
| 出手 | chū shǒu | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task |