出 (chū): meaning and stroke order
出 (chū) means to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed.
出
- Simplified
- 出
- Traditional
- 出, 齣
- Pinyin
- chū
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Stroke order of 出
出
- chū to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur
- chū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
- 5 strokes
- Traditional form: 齣
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Meaning of 出
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chū
- 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
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chū
Traditional 齣
- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
Radical and structure
- 出
- Radical 凵 (Kangxi radical 17) · 5 strokes · 屮 on top, 凵 below
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Words with 出
- 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
- 出生 chū shēng to be born
- 出发 chū fā to set off; to start (on a journey)
- 出门 chū mén to go out; to leave home
- 出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward
- 出来 chū lái to come out; to appear
- 传出 chuán chū to transmit outwards; to disseminate
- 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue); to propose
- 出现 chū xiàn to appear; to arise
- 出去 chū qù to go out
- 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip
- 呼出 hū chū to exhale; to breathe out; to make an outgoing call
出 in our stories
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孟凯紧张得手都出汗了，但是他知道，现在回去拿已经来不及了。
Mèng Kǎi jǐnzhāng de shǒu dōu chū hàn le dànshì tā zhīdao xiànzài huíqu ná yǐjīng láibují le
Meng Kai was so nervous his hands were sweating, but he knew there was no time to go back for it.
From the story Three circles HSK 4
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传说孔子出生以前，一只麒麟来到他家，吐出了一块写着字的玉。
chuánshuō Kǒngzǐ chūshēng yǐqián yì zhī qílín láidào tā jiā tǔ chū le yí kuài xiě zhe zì de yù
Legend says that before Confucius was born, a qilin came to his home and spat out a piece of jade with writing on it.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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学校图书馆最近出了一件怪事：每个星期一早上，还书箱里都会多出一本旧书，书里夹着一朵干花。
xuéxiào túshūguǎn zuìjìn chū le yí jiàn guàishì měi gè xīngqīyī zǎoshang huánshūxiāng lǐ dōu huì duō chū yì běn jiù shū shū lǐ jiā zhe yì duǒ gān huā
Something odd had been happening at the university library: every Monday morning there was an extra old book in the return box, with a dried flower pressed inside.
From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Stories using 出
- Three circles HSK 4
- The qilin HSK 4
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The old man who lost his horse HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).