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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, ゲ

Composition: 夕 卜

外

Radical

Radical: 夕

Reading: ゆうべ

Meaning: evening, sunset

Strokes: 3

⼣

Examples

Examples with audio

外国(がいこく)   foreign country

外部(がいぶ)   the outside

国外(こくがい)   outside the country

海外旅行(かいがいりょこう)   overseas travel

意外な(いがいな)   surprising

外食する(がいしょくする)   eat out

外出する(がいしゅつする)   go out

外科(げか)   surgical department

外(そと)   outside

思いの外(おもいのほか)   unexpected

外す(はずす)   remove [v.t.]

外れる(はずれる)   be disconnected [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

外 (ガイ) outside ..., beyond ..., not included in ...

外圧 (ガイアツ) external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure

渉外 (ショウガイ) public relations, client liaison, client relations

在外 (ザイガイ) overseas, abroad

外科 (ゲカ) surgery (branch of medicine), department of surgery

外科医 (ゲカイ) surgeon

Kunyomi Examples

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

外壁 (がいへき) outer wall

大外 (おおそと) far out wide, far outside

家の外 (いえのそと) outside the house

他 (ほか) another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside, another (person or thing), other, different, something else, someone else, the rest, et al., beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.), outside, except, but, other than, apart from, besides, in addition to, as well as, on top of

他に (ほかに) else, in addition, besides

この外 (このほか) besides, moreover, in addition

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

外す (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.)

外れる (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

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