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Kanji Detail for 外 - "outside, external, foreign"

外

  • Meaning

    外 means "outside, external, foreign."

    1. Outside - Other; elsewhere; a place outside a certain range.

    2. Surface - Outward appearance; exterior.

    3. Provincial - Local areas compared to the center; foreign countries compared to one's own.

    4. To remove - To exclude; to distance.

    5. Maternal relatives - Relatives on the mother's side; also, the wife's relatives.

    6. To miss - To deviate; to go astray.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    outside

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    out, outside, external; foreign

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    outside; in addition; foreign; external

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    out, outside, external; foreign; in addition

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of 內 (inside). The surface of all things is called 外. Such as 外觀 (appearance), 外貌 (looks). | What is not within a scope is called 外. Such as monks and Taoists are called 方外 (outside the world). Hence other countries relative to one's own are called 外. Such as 外交 (foreign affairs), 外侮 (foreign aggression). Other places relative to one's locality are called 外. Such as 外省 (other provinces), 外埠 (other ports). Relatives by marriage relative to one's family are called 外. Such as calling mother's father 外祖, wife's father 外舅. | A wife calls her husband 外子, abbreviated as 外. Anciently, men resided outside, women resided inside, hence this term. | To treat as distant. Such as the colloquial 見外, meaning not considering someone as of the same way.
  • Onyomitip

    gai(がい) がい

    ge(げ) げ

    ui(うい) うい

  • Kunyomitip

    hazu.reru(はずれる) はずれる

    hazu.su(はずす) はずす

    hoka(ほか) ほか

    soto(そと) そと

    to(と) と

  • Strokestip

    5 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    夕 (yube・yu・ta)

  • Related Keywords
    outside external outer foreign exterior beyond other outdoors outward exclude except apart distant overseas international alien extraneous peripheral surface appearance

Sentences including 外

  • Won't you go out to lunch with us?

  • There is no going out in this stormy weather.

  • Do not look out of the window.

  • Going out in this rain is out of the question.

  • When he heard the voice , he looked out of the window.

  • Do you sometimes go abroad on your holidays?

  • We spent the day in the open air.

  • Don't look out the window. concentrate on your work.

  • Except for bill , they were all in time.

  • The heavy rain prevented us from going out.

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