Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
pit, hole
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 坑 【コウ】 pit (esp. of a mine)
  • 坑口 【コウコウ】 pithead, minehead
  • 廃坑 【ハイコウ】 closure of a mine, abandoned mine, disused mine
  • 開坑 【カイコウ】 opening of mine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
keng1
Korean:
gaeng

Spanish

  • hoyo
  • agujero
  • caverna
  • mina

Portuguese

  • buraco
  • furo

French

  • mine
  • fosse
  • trou
1245 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1853 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1063 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1524 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1148 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1613 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1721 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1928 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
369 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
277 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
174 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
312 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4932 Morohashi
236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
987 New Nelson (John Haig)
306 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
328 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1108 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4011.7 Four corner code
1-25-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5751 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset
Parts:
outside
Kun:
そとほかはず.すはず.れると-
On:
ガイ
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