Directional: 出 fixed after a verb carries the action outward, from inside an enclosure to outside it.
字源 FORM what the parts do
A foot (止) over the lip of a sunken pit-house (凵): out. Fixed after a verb, 出 hands the verb its one direction; the verb keeps doing what it does, now while leaving an enclosure.
故事 STORY a scene to remember it by
A foot crosses the lip of the sunken pit-house and lands on the open ground outside. The verb is the foot; 出 is the lip it clears.
字源自撰記憶法
框 · Frame
[verb] 出 ([place/thing] 來/去)
觸 · Trigger
An action that moves a person or thing from inside something to outside it.
序 · The move
1Pick the verb of the action (走, 跑, 拿, 搬).Is something physically leaving an enclosure?
2Suffix 出 directly to the verb: 走出, 拿出.Does the path run inside-to-outside, not the reverse?
3Name what is left behind after 出: 走出餐廳.Is that noun the enclosure, not the destination?
例 · Examples
1她走出walk out — 走 (walk) carries outward via 出餐廳restaurant — the enclosure left behind。