The Radical: 出

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Meaning
come out    出

Explanation

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出
JLPT 5Joyo 1
 come out, go out
deru dasu, SHUTSU
Two mountains 山 behind each other (traditionally to "send behind the mountains" for exile.)
Behind a mountain another mountain comes out.
 出 凵 山
Vocabulary
屈
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 stoop, bending, to bow, crouch, yield
KUTSU
Top: buttock from the side 尸, rest: come, go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
("plumber's crack or smile", refers to the visible butt-crack if sb. with a too short shirt crouches) The buttock (=the crack) comes out when stooping (=bowing).
 屈 尸 出
Vocabulary
掘
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 dig, excavate, delve
horu, KUTSU
Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"])
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
 扌 屈 尸 出
Vocabulary
拙
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 clumsy, unskilled, bungling
tsutanai, mazui, SETSU
Left: Hand 扌, right: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
(Country people are unskilled and awkward?) A hand from "mountains-behind-each-other" is: clumsy.
 扌 出
Vocabulary
堀
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 moat, ditch, canal
hori, KUTSU
Left: earth 土, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping. = "plumber's crack or smile")
It is in the ground and you need to crouch into: a moat or ditch.
 土 尸 屈 出
Vocabulary
窟
JLPT -Joyo 7
 cave, cavern
KUTSU
Top: cave/hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping: = "plumber's crack or smile")
A hole where you have to stoop is a cave.
 穴 尸 屈 出
Vocabulary

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