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

7 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
courts, imperial court, government office
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1439 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廷臣 【テイシン】 courtier
  • 廷丁 【テイテイ】 court attendant
  • 朝廷 【チョウテイ】 Imperial Court
  • 閉廷 【ヘイテイ】 adjourning court

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting2
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • tribunales
  • oficina pública

Portuguese

  • quadras
  • quadra imperial
  • escritório de governo

French

  • tribunaux
  • cour impériale
  • bureau du gouvernement
1610 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1493 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1417 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1264 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
501 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1163 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1211 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
598 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1938 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
520 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9571X Morohashi
3058 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1654 New Nelson (John Haig)
508 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
547 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3-2-4 SKIP code
1240.1 Four corner code
1-36-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ef7 Unicode hex code