Recognize 出 in everyday Japanese and connect its meanings, go out and take out, with whole words in context.

The idea

Compare 出る（でる） and 出す（だす） in the table: a character can have different readings in different words. 出 has 5 strokes; follow their order in the linked KanjiVG diagram.

Patterns to compare
Japanese wordReadingMeaning
出るでるgo out; leave
出すだすtake out; put out
出口でぐちexit
出発しゅっぱつdeparture

Examples

  • 朝あさ、家いえを出でます。I leave home in the morning.
  • 犬いぬが庭にわに出でます。The dog goes out into the garden.
  • 箱はこから本ほんを出だします。I take a book out of the box.
  • 部屋へやを出でて、右みぎへ行いきます。I leave the room and go right.
  • 出口でぐちはあそこです。The exit is over there.
  • 電車でんしゃは七時しちじに出発しゅっぱつします。The train departs at seven.

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Watch out

出る is intransitive: someone or something goes out. 出す is transitive: someone takes something out. With 出る, を can mark the place left, as in 家を出ます.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 出る in hiragana.

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    でる

    出る is read でる; the complete word means go out; leave.

  2. Write the reading of 出す in hiragana.

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    だす

    出す is read だす; the complete word means take out; put out.

  3. Fill in the missing kanji: ＿口（でぐち）.

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    出

    出 completes 出口, read でぐち; the complete word means exit.

Use it today

Cover the table and write 出 from memory. Read 出る and 出す aloud, then make a sentence and check its meaning against the examples.