Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 課 【カ】 lesson, section (in an organization), division, department, counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
  • 課員 【カイン】 section staff
  • 賦課 【フカ】 levy, imposition
  • 会計課 【カイケイカ】 accounts section, accounting section

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • capitulo
  • lección
  • sección
  • departamento
  • división

Portuguese

  • capítulo
  • lição
  • seção
  • departamento
  • divisão
  • sufixo para contagem de capítulos (de um livro)

French

  • leçon
  • chapitre
  • section
  • service
  • division
  • compteur de chapitres
564 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
456 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
433 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
531 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4389 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
905 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
488 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
497 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1693 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35589 Morohashi
1573 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5644 New Nelson (John Haig)
1123 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1204 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
623 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3064 2001 Kanji
7a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0669.4 Four corner code
1-18-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ab2 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