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外

JLPT N5 SL2 5 strokes Frequency: #120

Meanings

outside, external, foreign, other than, aside from

Radicals

夕

Decomposition

⿰夕卜

Etymology

Ideographic: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 corner top-to-bottom

3 dot bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガイ gai

ゲ ge

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そと soto

はず hazu

ほか hoka

Words Using This Kanji

974 words total

ガイ (5 words)

海外かいがい

overseas / abroad / foreign countries

以外いがい

except / other than / besides

外資系がいしけい

foreign-capital-affiliated / multinational / foreign-owned

婚外こんがい

extramarital / outside marriage

雲外蒼天うんがいそうてん

after the storm comes the calm / perseverance leads to success

そと (5 words)

outside

outer (self, etc.)

clitoral orgasm

picnic

Outer Mongolia

はず (4 words)

end

to remove

to be disconnected

off-key / out of tune / offbeat

Other (960 words)

外タレがいタレ

foreign TV or radio personality (in Japan)

外コンがいコン

foreign consulting company

外リンパがいリンパ

perilymph

この外このほか

besides

とっ外れとっぱずれ

very edge

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