出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出土
chūtǔ
to be unearthed
Characters in this word
土 tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 考古队在遗址东侧出土了一批保存完好的青铜器。 Kǎogǔduì zài yízhǐ dōngcè chūtǔ le yì pī bǎocún wánhǎo de qīngtóngqì. The archaeological team unearthed a batch of well-preserved bronze vessels on the eastern side of the site.
- 这座古墓里出土了很多精美的陶器。 Zhè zuò gǔmù lǐ chūtǔ le hěn duō jīngměi de táoqì. Many exquisite pottery pieces were unearthed from this ancient tomb.
- 博物馆展出了去年在这里出土的玉器。 Bówùguǎn zhǎnchū le qùnián zài zhèlǐ chūtǔ de yùqì. The museum is displaying the jade objects unearthed here last year.