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Chinese symbol for “exoskeleton”

外骨骼
wài gǔ gé
(zoology) exoskeleton; wearable exoskeleton designed to assist or enhance physical movement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exoskeleton is 外骨骼 (wài gǔ gé), defined as: (zoology) exoskeleton; wearable exoskeleton designed to assist or enhance physical movement.

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Characters and stroke order

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
骨 gǔ
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
radical 188 ⾻ · 10 strokes
骼 gé
bone, skeleton; corpse
radical 188 ⾻ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外骨骼.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
国外 (國外)guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
骨头 (骨頭)gǔ toubone; measure word: 根 (gēn), 块 (kuài)
骨干 (骨幹)gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
骨骼gǔ gébones; skeleton

See also: Japanese symbol for “exoskeleton”.

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.