出張
しゅっちょう · shucchou · JLPT N2 · noun
tour
✈️ 出 = go out + 張 = stretch: you go out and stretch your work elsewhere
出 (go out, leave) + 張 (extend, spread). A business trip means leaving your base to extend your work to another place.
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.'