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Chinese symbol for “exit”

出口
chū kǒu
an exit; 个 (gè); to speak; to export

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exit is 出口 (chū kǒu), defined as: an exit; 个 (gè); to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port.

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
口 kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
radical 30 ⼝ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exit”

WordPinyinMeaning
离去 (離去)lí qùto leave; to exit
退场 (退場)tuì chǎngto leave a place where some event is taking place; (of an actor) to exit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出口.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
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
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
进口 (進口)jìn kǒuto import; imported
口号 (口號)kǒu hàoslogan; catchphrase

See also: Japanese symbol for “exit”.

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.