出土

Traditional form:

出土

Pinyin (reading):

chūtǔ

Definitions:

• to dig up
• to appear in an excavation
• unearthed
• to come up out of the ground

Characters:

• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth

Traditional characters:

• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth