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The character 出 originated from a pictograph depicting a foot exiting a confined area, which embodied the concept of moving from within to without. Its graphical representation gradually stylized into a more abstract configuration, leading to the contemporary form that is visually akin to two mountain characters placed one atop the other, although this arrangement is a later folk etymology obscuring its true compositional elements of a foot and an enclosure. The primary sense of departing or emerging has persisted through the centuries, while the character has concurrently acquired secondary meanings such as to produce, to issue, or to arise, all of which stem from the foundational notion of outward movement or manifestation.
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他出去了。
请快一点出来。
我们明天早上出发。
这本书去年出版了。
我国出口很多商品。
问题终于出现了。
他跑完步出了很多汗。
这个方案出自他的建议。