出 — how to write the kanji for “exit”
出 means “exit”, “leave” and “go out”; it is a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (13th). Its Japanese stroke 1, a vertical, is the 3rd stroke in the Chinese order. On its own it is the word de, “coming out; going out”. Read shutsu, it forms 出身 (“one's origin”), 輸出 (“export”) and 出場 (“participation”); the native reading da-su gives 出す (“to take out”). Chinese reads it chū, “to go out”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 凵 (“open box”)
- On
- シュツ, スイ
- Kun
- -だ·す, で·る, -で
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Its parts: 山 (“mountain”), strokes 1–3; 凵 (“open box”, its radical), strokes 4–5, each finished before the next.
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Vertical-curve ㇄top leftdownwards → rightwards
- Vertical ㇑top rightdownwards
- Vertical-curve ㇄bottom leftdownwards → rightwards
- Vertical ㇑rightdownwards
Two stroke orders
Japan and China order its strokes differently: 3 strokes sit in another place. Japanese 1 = Chinese 3; Japanese 2 = Chinese 1; Japanese 3 = Chinese 2.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- シュツ shutsu, スイ sui
- Kun (native)
- -だ·す -da-su, で·る de-ru, -で -de (rare), だ·す da-su (rare), い·でる i-deru (rare), い·だす i-dasu (rare)
- Meanings
- exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude
- Read shutsu
- 出身 輸出 出場 進出 出席 出演
- Read da-su
- 出す
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 13th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 출 chul
- Common words
- 175 in JMdict
Words with 出
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin |
| 輸出 | ゆしゅつ yushutsu | export; exportation |
| 出場 | しゅつじょう shutsujou | participation; entry |
| 進出 | しんしゅつ shinshutsu | advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into) |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出席 | しゅっせき shusseki | attendance; presence |
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance; performance |
| 出版 | しゅっぱん shuppan | publication |
| 出馬 | しゅつば shutsuba | running (for election); coming forward as a candidate |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ teishutsu | presentation; submission |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N5, in list order: