Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
427 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 訴状 【ソジョウ】 petition, complaint, (legal) brief
  • 訴訟 【ソショウ】 litigation, lawsuit
  • 公訴 【コウソ】 (public) prosecution, indictment, accusation
  • 提訴 【テイソ】 presenting a case, suing

Kun reading compounds

  • 訴える 【うったえる】 to raise, to bring to (someone's attention), to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.), to work on (one's emotions), to play on (one's sympathies), to complain, to sue (a person), to take someone to court, to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • denuncia
  • acusación
  • demanda
  • pleito
  • denunciar
  • acusar
  • pleitear

Portuguese

  • acusação
  • processo
  • queixar-se de dor
  • apelar para

French

  • plainte
  • accusation
  • poursuites
  • faire appel
1510 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1182 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1744 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1402 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1491 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1675 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1901 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1367 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35325 Morohashi
1507 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1139 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1221 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1587 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3055 2001 Kanji
7a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0264.1 Four corner code
0263.1 Four corner code
1-33-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a34 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

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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