Chinese symbol for “extracurricular”
课外
kè wài
Traditional: 課外
extracurricular
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extracurricular is 课外 (kè wài), defined as: extracurricular.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “extracurricular”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 课外.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 课程 (課程) | kè chéng | course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén) |
| 课题 (課題) | kè tí | task; problem |
| 上课 (上課) | shàng kè | to go to class; to attend class |
| 课堂 (課堂) | kè táng | classroom (间 (jiān)); class session |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
| 功课 (功課) | gōng kè | homework; assignment |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extracurricular”.
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.