Chinese symbol for “emerge”
出现
chū xiàn
Traditional: 出現
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for emerge is 出现 (chū xiàn), defined as: to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “emerge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来得 (來得) | lái de | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as |
| 浮出 | fú chū | to emerge |
| 冒出来 (冒出來) | mào chū lái | to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere |
| 展现 (展現) | zhǎn xiàn | to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display |
| 冒头 (冒頭) | mào tóu | to emerge; to crop up |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 出现.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |
| 出版 | chū bǎn | to publish |
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
See also: Japanese symbol for “emerge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.