Meaning & readings
exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
On’yomi シュツ、スイ
Kun’yomi で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す、い.でる、い.だす
Nanori いず、いづ、いで、じ、すっ、すつ、てん
Origin
This character combines a mountain (山) with an open box or container shape (凵) below it. The image shows something emerging from or breaking out of an enclosed space—like a peak jutting upward from a valley or container. Over time, this visual idea of something protruding or escaping outward became the character's meaning: to exit, come out, or put out. The mountain component suggests upward movement or prominence, while the container shape emphasizes the sense of breaking free from a confined area.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 山
- 凵
Common words
- 演出 えんしゅつ direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
- 家出 いえで running away from home; elopement
- 外出 がいしゅつ going out; outing
- 救出 きゅうしゅつ rescue; extricate
- 供出 きょうしゅつ obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
- 傑出 けっしゅつ being outstanding; excelling
- 検出 けんしゅつ detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
- 歳出 さいしゅつ annual expenditure (of a state, organization, etc.)
Reference
- Strokes
- 5
- Kangxi radical
- 17
- Grade
- Grade 1 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #13 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 4
- Unicode
- U+051FA