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Chinese symbol for “departing”

往外
wǎng wài
out; outbound; departing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for departing is 往外 (wǎng wài), defined as: out; outbound; departing.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

往 wǎng
to go, to depart; past, former
radical 60 ⼻ · 8 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 往外.

WordPinyinMeaning
前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
往往wǎng wǎngusually; in many cases
以往yǐ wǎngin the past; formerly
交往jiāo wǎngto associate (with); to have contact (with)
往来 (往來)wǎng láidealings; contacts
通往tōng wǎngto lead to
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

See also: Japanese symbol for “departing”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.