出
chū
What was inside comes out: 出
The picture Something that was held inside a boundary pushing out past it. 出 brings what was inside out; 进 takes what was outside in.
Where the picture shows up in 出
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the body goes out
他出去了，一会儿回来。
tā chūqù le, yíhuìr huílái
He's stepped out; he'll be back shortly.
The office door opening and the person who was inside walking out into the corridor
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something erupts out
出什么事了？
chū shénme shì le
What's happened?
Something breaking the surface of still water and rings spreading out from it
出事 means something has gone wrong. It doesn't get used for happy news.
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the hidden surfaces
结果下周出来。
jiéguǒ xià zhōu chūlái
The results come out next week.
A results slip pulled out of its folded envelope and opened up in front of you
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take it out of your head
这个主意是他出的。
zhège zhǔyi shì tā chū de
That idea came from him.
A thought that had been circling in someone's head coming out of the mouth and landing on the table
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take it out of your pocket
我出五百，你出五百。
wǒ chū wǔbǎi, nǐ chū wǔbǎi
I'll put in five hundred, you put in five hundred.
Banknotes coming out of a pocket, through the hand, and down in the middle of the table
All of it in one picture
出 is what was inside a boundary coming out where it can be seen. The body comes out of the door and you have gone out; something breaks the calm surface and an incident has happened; the slip comes out of its envelope and the results are out. A thought comes out of the head and the idea was his; money comes out of the pocket and that's your share paid. So 出 is always the same picture: what was inside, unseen, is now outside and visible.