Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

81 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: outside

Kunyomi: そと ほか はず.す はず.れる と-

Onyomi: ガイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ゆうべ

Meaning: evening, sunset

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

国(がいこく)   foreign country

部(がいぶ)   the outside

(こくがい)   outside the country

旅行(かいがいりょこう)   overseas travel

な(いがいな)   surprising

食する(がいしょくする)   eat out

出する(がいしゅつする)   go out

科(げか)   surgical department

(そと)   outside

思いの(おもいのほか)   unexpected

す(はずす)   remove [v.t.]

れる(はずれる)   be disconnected [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

ガイ outside of, not covered by

ガイアツ external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure

ショウガイ public relations, client liaison, client relations

ザイガイ overseas, abroad

ゲカ surgery, department of surgery

科医 ゲカイ surgeon

Kunyomi Examples

そと outside, exterior, the open (air), other place, somewhere else, outside one's group (family, company, etc.)

がいへき outer wall

おおそと far out wide, far outside

家の いえのそと outside the house

ほか other (place, thing, person), the rest, et al., outside, beyond, nothing except, nothing but, nothing apart from, nothing aside from, no choice (but to), besides..., in addition to...

がいじん foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry), gaijin, outsider

この このほか besides, moreover, in addition

思いのほか おもいのほか unexpectedly, surprisingly

はずす to remove, to take off, to detach, to unfasten, to undo, to drop (e.g. from a team), to remove (from a position), to exclude, to expel, to leave (e.g. one's seat), to go away from, to step out, to slip away, to dodge (a question, blow, etc.), to evade, to sidestep, to avoid (e.g. peak season), to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)

れる はずれる to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear), to miss the mark, to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation), to draw a blank (e.g. lottery), to be removed, to be excluded, to be contrary to, to go against