Hanja Analyzer
外

外 — oe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바깥 외
Romanization
oe
English
out, outside, external; foreign
Mandarin
wài
Japanese on'yomi
ガイ, ゲ, ウイ, ガツ, ガチ
Japanese kun'yomi
そと ほか はず.す はず.れる と-
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#81 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
夕 (36, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+5916

Parts that make up 外

  • 夕 저녁 석, 한 움큼 사 반쯤 뜬 달저녁과 밤
  • 卜 점 복 불에 갈라진 거북등점치는 일. ‘복’ 계열의 소리

How 外 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 外 as a ideographic compound involving 卜, 月.

Korean example words with 外

  • 염외念外 Korean gloss: 생각 밖
  • 경외京外 Korean gloss: 서울의 밖
  • 교외校外 Korean gloss: 학교의 밖
  • 노외路外 Korean gloss: 도로 바깥
  • 영외營外 Korean gloss: 병영의 밖
  • 영외楹外 Korean gloss: 현관의 밖
  • 외문外聞 Korean gloss: 바깥 소문
  • 외읍外邑 Korean gloss: 외딴 시골
  • 창외窓外 Korean gloss: 창문의 밖
  • 성외城外 Korean gloss: 성의 바깥쪽
  • 외기外氣 Korean gloss: 바깥의 공기
  • 외세外勢 Korean gloss: 바깥의 형세

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 外

  • 海外かいがい foreign; abroad; overseas
  • 外交がいこう diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
  • 外国がいこく foreign country
  • 外相がいしょう Foreign Minister
  • 外国人がいこくじん foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national
  • 外務省がいむしょう Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 外そと outside; exterior; the open (air)
  • 外務がいむ foreign affairs
  • 内外ないがい inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country
  • 意外いがい unexpected; surprising; unanticipated
  • 郊外こうがい suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
  • 対外たいがい external; foreign; with foreign countries

Other hanja read “외”

Other hanja with radical 夕

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