JLPT level N5
Kanji 出 — "Exit"
Here is what 出 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Exit" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
しゅつ, すい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
で.る, -で, だ.す, -だ.す, い.でる, い.だす
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
山 Mountain
出 Exit
The story
Two Mountains stacked on top of each other — the Exit lies in the path between them!
- 山 Mountain
It's a Mountain with 3 peaks.
Words that use 出
12 of 70 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 出る でる to leave, appear, to attend (v.i.), to appear
- 出す だす to take out, hand in, to send, to serve (food) (v.t.)
- 思い出す おもいだす to recall, to remember (v.t.)
- 出会う であう to meet by chance, to come across, to happen to encounter
- 呼び出す よびだす to summon, to call (e.g., phone) (v.t.)
- 思い出 おもいで memories, recollections, reminiscence
- 出かける でかける to go out
- 追い出す おいだす to expel, to drive out (v.t.)
- 出世 しゅっせ promotion, successful career, eminence
- 出血 しゅっけつ bleeding
- 出発 しゅっぱつ departure
- 出身 しゅっしん come from, hometown
Want 出 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
