Jisho

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外

5 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset 夕
Parts:
卜 夕
outside
Kun:
そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
On:
ガイ、 ゲ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
81 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
うい、 け、 ふか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wai4
Korean:
oe

Spanish

  • fuera
  • exterior
  • otro
  • desatar
  • estar desatado
  • estar desconectado

Portuguese

  • Exterior

French

  • extérieur
56 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
91 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
120 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1168 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
42 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
139 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
83 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
404 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
163 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
112 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5750 Morohashi
186 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1125 New Nelson (John Haig)
111 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
116 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
105 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2554 2001 Kanji
2m3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
2320.0 Four corner code
1-19-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5916 Unicode hex code

寝

13 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
冖 又 宀 ヨ 爿
Variants:
寢
lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
Kun:
ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1034 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寝 【ネ】 sleep
  • 寝具 【シング】 bedding, bedclothes

Kun reading compounds

  • 寝る 【ねる】 to sleep (lying down), to go to bed, to lie in bed, to lie down, to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse), to lie flat (e.g. of hair), to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.), to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
  • 寝る子は育つ 【ねるこはそだつ】 sleep brings up a child well, a well-slept child is a well-kept child
  • 寝かす 【ねかす】 to put to bed, to let sleep, to lay (something) down, to put on its side, to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle, to set aside unused, to let (stock) lie unsold, to (let) ferment, to (let) age, to let (dough) rise, to lay down (wine)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qin3
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • acostarse
  • dormir

Portuguese

  • sono
  • descanso
  • cama
  • invendável (encalhado)

French

  • être couché
  • dormir
  • se reposer
  • lit
  • invendu
1441 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1079 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1326 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
918 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
473 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1976 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1079 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
127 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
493 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2925 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2034 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1158 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7278P Morohashi
2329 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1353 New Nelson (John Haig)
1150 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1233 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1620 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
767 2001 Kanji
3m10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
3014.7 Four corner code
1-31-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bdd Unicode hex code