Jisho

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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

8 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
excuse, dismissal
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1080 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 免 【メン】 dismissal, discharge
  • 免疫 【メンエキ】 immunity, immunization, immunisation, being hardened (to), being unaffected (by), being accustomed (to)
  • 任免 【ニンメン】 appointments and dismissal
  • 懲戒免 【チョウカイメン】 disciplinary dismissal, disciplinary discharge

Kun reading compounds

  • 免れる 【まぬがれる】 to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from
  • 免れる 【まぬがれる】 to escape (disaster, death, etc.), to be saved from, to be rescued from, to avoid (e.g. punishment), to evade (e.g. responsibility), to avert, to elude, to be exempted from

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian3, wen4
Korean:
myeon, mun

Spanish

  • excusa
  • permiso
  • abandono
  • escape
  • despido
  • evitar
  • escapar
  • permitir
  • abandonar
  • ser despedido

Portuguese

  • Desculpar
  • demissão

French

  • excuser
  • licenciement
1849 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1084 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
573 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
931 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1076 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
746 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
941 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
149 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1309 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1991 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1358 Morohashi
2067 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
361 New Nelson (John Haig)
1972 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1153 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2557 2001 Kanji
2n6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2741.6 Four corner code
1-44-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
514d Unicode hex code