突出
túchū · HSK 3
outstanding
⭐ 突 = sudden + 出 = come out; what suddenly stands out is outstanding
突 carries the sense of bursting or projecting forward, and 出 means to exit or emerge. Together they describe something that juts out from the rest — prominent, salient, outstanding.
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.'