出 (chū) · to go out

出 (chū) means “to go out”. It is made of 屮 + 凵 and has 5 strokes, and is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 出 into its parts

What 出 is made of

• 屮 chè — sprout
  • 凵 qiǎn — container
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
• 凵 qiǎn — container

Origin hint: A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

出 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 出

• 出来chūláito come out
• 出去chūqùto go out
• 出发chūfāto set off
• 出国chūguóto go abroad
• 出口chūkǒuexit
• 出门chūménto go out
• 出生chūshēngto be born
• 出现chūxiànto appear
• 出院chūyuànto leave hospital
• 出租chūzūto rent out
• 出租车chūzūchētaxi
• 得出déchūto reach (a result)
• 拿出náchūto take out
• 提出tíchūto put forward
• 找出zhǎochūto find out
• 播出bōchūto broadcast
• 发出fāchūto send out
• 认出rènchūto recognize
• 突出tūchūoutstanding
• 退出tuìchūto quit
• 演出yǎnchūperformance
• 指出zhǐchūto point out
• 出色chūsèoutstanding
• 出售chūshòuto sell
• 出席chūxíto attend
• 付出fùchūto put in (effort, time)
• 作出zuòchūto make (a decision etc.)
• 出差chūchāito go on a business trip
• 出版chūbǎnto publish
• 出示chūshìto show
• 层出不穷céngchūbùqióngto emerge one after another
• 出路chūlùway out
• 出卖chūmàito sell
• 出身chūshēnfamily background
• 出神chūshénlost in thought
• 出息chūxipromise
• 杰出jiéchūoutstanding
• 支出zhīchūexpenditure
• 出行chūxíngto travel
• 推出tuīchūto launch
• 外出wàichūto go out

Quick facts

Questions about 出