出

On'yomi

シュツ・スイ

SHUTSU / SUI

Kun'yomi

で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす

deru / de / dasu / dasu / ideru / idasu

exit · leave · go out · come out · put out · protrude

Details

Strokes5

Frequency#13

Radical凵container(2)

Stroke Order

Strokes5

Component Breakdown

出=

屮凵

屮 + 凵

Cultural Context

Etymology

Pictograph of something emerging from a hole or container.

Symbolism

Origin, departure, expression. Represents something new coming forth.

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

神出鬼没

しんしゅつきぼつ

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom; appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments

門外不出

もんがいふしゅつ

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises; (treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

出処進退

しゅっしょしんたい

staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move; staying in one's position or resigning

立身出世

りっしんしゅっせ

success in life; success in life

議論百出

ぎろんひゃくしゅつ

diverse arguments arising in great numbers; diverse arguments arising in great numbers

自己演出

じこえんしゅつ

author directing or producing his or her own play (film); staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light; author directing or producing his or her own play (film)

出没自在

しゅつぼつじざい

appearing and disappearing at will; elusive; phantom-like; appearing and disappearing at will

Proverbs & Idioms

出る杭は打たれる

でるくいはうたれる

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down

Those who stand out are criticized

青は藍より出でて藍より青し

あおはあいよりいでてあいよりあおし

Blue comes from indigo but is bluer than indigo

The student surpasses the master