to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance
演 (yǎn) · 14 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 寅 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "flow out". The meaning later shifted to "spread", "develop", and "perform".
出 (chū) · 5 strokes
Pictograph of a foot (止) exiting a cave (凵).