TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
出
出 ＝ 止 ＋ 凵
ㄔㄨ · chū
verb — to go out, come out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
凵義the mouth of a pit-dwelling
A foot (止) climbs over the lip of a sunken pit-house (凵) — out. Copying wore the foot into the 屮-shape on top. Everything that leaves or comes forth keeps the direction: 出來、出去、出現、出生.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天亮，一隻腳（止）先跨上坑屋（凵）的邊——人出來了。
First light; a foot (止) swings over the pit-house rim (凵) — and he is out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)出去、出來— to go out, come out常用
→出現、出生— to appear; to be born — coming forth
→出產、出版— to put out — produce, publish
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension