Chinese symbol for “exotic”
异国
yì guó
Traditional: 異國
exotic; foreign
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exotic is 异国 (yì guó), defined as: exotic; foreign.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “exotic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新奇 | xīn qí | novel; new; exotic |
| 奇异 (奇異) | qí yì | fantastic; bizarre |
| 异国情调 (異國情調) | yì guó qíng diào | exoticism; local color |
| 傀 | guī | grand; strange; exotic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 异国.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 差异 (差異) | chā yì | difference; discrepancy |
| 异常 (異常) | yì cháng | unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally |
| 异议 (異議) | yì yì | objection; dissent |
| 怪异 (怪異) | guài yì | monstrous; strange |
| 诡异 (詭異) | guǐ yì | strange; weird |
| 优异 (優異) | yōu yì | exceptional; outstandingly good |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 国际 (國際) | guó jì | international |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exotic”.
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.