出息
chū xi · HSK 7
future prospects
💰 chū xi = out + breath — what comes OUT of your effort: prospects and profit
出 means out, 息 means breath or interest. Breath that goes out (exhale) plus money that grows out (interest). Your future prospects are what breathes out from the work you put in.
出 — foot 止 emerging from enclosure 凵
出 is a pictograph showing a foot or plant stepping out of a hollow or enclosure, depicting the act of going forth. The original sense of 'coming out' or 'emerging' has remained stable since oracle bone script. It now broadly means 'to exit, go out, or produce.'