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Kotomora

出

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 100Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュツ
  • スイ

Kun'yomi

  • で.る
  • -で
  • だ.す
  • -だ.す
  • い.でる
  • い.だす

Nanori

  • いず
  • いづ
  • いで
  • じ

Meaning

出 centers on the idea of moving outward or making something visible: exiting, leaving, going out, coming out, putting out, or protruding.

Most common words using 出

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  • 出来るできる
    N5

    to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)

  • 出で
    N4

    coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon)

  • 出来しゅったい

    occurrence; happening; taking place

  • 出来でき

    workmanship; craftsmanship; execution; finish

  • 出しだし

    dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp

  • 出るでる
    N5

    to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out

  • 出すだす
    N5

    to take out; to get out

  • 出演しゅつえん
    N1

    appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance

  • 出会いであい
    N3

    meeting; rendezvous; encounter

  • 出身しゅっしん
    N3

    one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

  • 出版しゅっぱん
    N3

    publication

  • 思い出おもいで
    N4

    memories; recollections; reminiscence

  • 演出えんしゅつ
    N1

    direction (of a play, film, etc.); production

  • 提出ていしゅつ
    N3

    presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

  • 出現しゅつげん
    N1

    appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

  • 出発しゅっぱつ
    N4

    departure; leaving; setting off

  • 出来事できごと
    N3

    occurrence; happening; incident; event

  • 思い出すおもいだす
    N5

    to recall; to remember; to recollect

  • 出場しゅつじょう
    N3

    participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; taking part (in); competing (in); appearance

  • 出力しゅつりょく
    N1

    output (electrical, signal, etc.)

  • 脱出だっしゅつ
    N1

    escape; getting away (from); getting out (of)

  • 流出りゅうしゅつ

    outflow; effluence; efflux; spillage; spill; discharge; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding (e.g. of ink into paper)

  • 外出がいしゅつ
    N2

    going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

  • 出席しゅっせき
    N4

    attendance; presence; appearance

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Etymology

出 is thought to depict a foot stepping out of an enclosure, representing the act of exiting or emerging.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 屮 looks like a sprout pushing upward, and the bottom 凵 is like a container. Picture a plant sprouting out of a pot: 出 is something coming out.

Reading mnemonic

For シュツ, imagine a shoe stuck in the exit door: shoe -> シュ, and the shoe is trying to get out. The shoe scene helps recall シュツ.