出(chū): to go out

HSK 15 strokes

to go out

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Character informationHSK 1

Pinyin: chū
Meaning: 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
Strokes: 5
HSK level: HSK 1
Traditional: Same

Origin & structureWhere 出 comes from

Ideograph⿱屮凵

A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

屮chè
plants sprouting
凵kǎn
receptacle
Also in 画山齿击凶函

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Words with 出most common first

chū出zū租 chē车

HSK 1

taxi

chū出lái来

HSK 2

to come out

chū出qù去

HSK 2

to go out

chū出guó国

HSK 2

to go abroad; to leave the country

chū出mén门

HSK 2

to go out

chū出fā发

HSK 3

to set off

chū出shēng生

HSK 3

to be born

chū出yuàn院

HSK 3

to leave hospital

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