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Chinese symbol for “unearthed”

出土
chū tǔ
to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unearthed is 出土 (chū tǔ), defined as: to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground.

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
土 tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
radical 32 ⼟ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出土.

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
土地tǔ dìland; soil
领土 (領土)lǐng tǔterritory
本土běn tǔone's native country; native

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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