出 · to exit, go out

JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

出 means to exit, go out. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 5 strokes, read でる or しゅつ. It is built from 2 parts: 山 (mountain), 凵 (open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)). It appears in 出す (to take (something) out) and 出口 (an exit).

筆順 · Stroke order

出 is written in 5 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

出 breaks into 2 parts.

• 山 other mountain component
• 凵 semantic open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17) carries the meaning

Words that use 出

Word	Reading	Meaning
出す	だす	to take (something) out
出口	でぐち	an exit
出る	でる	to appear / to leave

Built from the same parts

These use 山 or 凵 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 両both
• 画picture

Practise 出

Sumi teaches the character before it tests you: stroke order animated, the breakdown above shown as a pull-apart X-ray, then spaced review. Free, in your browser, no signup.

Start with kanji, free