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

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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

10 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 被 【ヒ】 indicates the target of an activity, -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
  • 被害 【ヒガイ】 (suffering) damage, injury, harm
  • 外被 【ガイヒ】 (protective) coat, casing, housing, jacket
  • 花被 【カヒ】 perianth, floral envelope

Kun reading compounds

  • 被る 【こうむる】 to suffer, to receive (kindness, rebuke, support), to sustain (damage)
  • 覆う 【おおう】 to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise
  • 被る 【かぶる】 to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself), to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water, to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden), to overlap (e.g. sound or color), to be similar, to be redundant, to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.), to close, to come to an end, to get a full house, to sell out, to blunder, to bungle, to fail, to be deceived
  • 被せる 【かぶせる】 to cover (with something), to put on (e.g. someone's head), to pour liquid (on something), to dash liquid (over something), to plate (something) with metal, to cover (with a dental crown), to add (e.g. music to a video), to include (into something), to speak (over someone else), to put the blame (on someone), to place the responsibility (on someone)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぎぬ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4, pi1
Korean:
pi

Spanish

  • sufrir perdidas
  • recibir
  • cargarse

Portuguese

  • incorrer
  • cobrir
  • velar
  • chocar
  • proteger
  • vestir
  • vestir- se
  • expor (filme)
  • recepção

French

  • subir
  • couvrir
  • voile
  • ruminer (soucis)
  • abri
  • mettre (vêtement)
  • porter (sur la tête)
  • être exposé (film)
  • victime
  • souffrir
1729 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
852 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4225 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1410 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
881 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
976 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1009 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1145 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1631 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1495 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
815 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34222 Morohashi
1163 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5445 New Nelson (John Haig)
807 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
870 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1390 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
667 2001 Kanji
5e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
3424.7 Four corner code
1-40-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88ab Unicode hex code