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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
现 xiàn
to appear, to manifest; current, now
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “emerge”

WordPinyinMeaning
来得 (來得)lái deto emerge (from a comparison); to come out as
浮出fú chūto emerge
冒出来 (冒出來)mào chū láito emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
展现 (展現)zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
冒头 (冒頭)mào tóuto emerge; to crop up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出现.

WordPinyinMeaning
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
现在 (現在)xiàn zàinow; at present; currently
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
表现 (表現)biǎo xiànto 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.

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