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Chinese symbol for “excluding”

之外
zhī wài
outside; excluding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for excluding is 之外 (zhī wài), defined as: outside; excluding.

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

之 zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, t
radical 4 ⼃ · 4 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “excluding”

WordPinyinMeaning
排他pái tāexclusive; excluding

Related words

Other words that share a character with 之外.

WordPinyinMeaning
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to
之一zhī yīone of (sth); one out of a multitude
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country

See also: Japanese symbol for “excluding”.

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.

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