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Chinese symbol for “exposed”

外露
wài lù
exposed; appearing on the outside

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exposed is 外露 (wài lù), defined as: exposed; appearing on the outside.

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

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
露 lù
dew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
radical 173 ⾬ · 21 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exposed”

WordPinyinMeaning
裸露luǒ lùnaked; bare; uncovered; exposed
露袒lù tǎnexposed; uncovered

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外露.

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
透露tòu lùto leak out; to divulge
揭露jiē lùto expose; to unmask

See also: Japanese symbol for “exposed”.

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.