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Chinese symbol for “facade”

外墙
wài qiáng
Traditional: 外牆
facade; external wall

The closest CC-CEDICT match for facade is 外墙 (wài qiáng), defined as: facade; external wall.

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
墙 qiáng
wall
radical 32 ⼟ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “facade”

WordPinyinMeaning
假象jiǎ xiàngfalse appearance; facade
门面 (門面)mén mianshop front; facade
门脸 (門臉)mén liǎnshop front; facade

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外墙.

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
城墙 (城牆)chéng qiángcity wall
墙壁 (牆壁)qiáng bìwall

See also: Japanese symbol for “facade”.

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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