Japanese symbol for “origins”
出
で
Romaji: de
coming out; going out; outflow; efflux
In Japanese, origins is 出, read で (de).
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Meanings
- n, n-suf coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
- n, n-suf attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
- n, n-suf start; beginning
- n, n-suf origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage)
- n, n-suf architectural member that projects outward
- n, n-suf highest point of the stern of a ship
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “origins”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 序開き | じょびらき jobiraki | beginnings; origins |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
| 出来る | できる dekiru | to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) |
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 演出 | えんしゅつ enshutsu | direction (of a play, film, etc.); production |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.