Chinese symbol for “peripherals”

外设

wài shè

Traditional: 外設

peripherals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for peripherals is 外设 (wài shè), defined as: peripherals.

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Characters and stroke order

外 wài

out, outside, external; foreign; in addition

radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

设 shè

to build, to design; to establish; to offer

radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

設 shè

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外设.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
另外	lìng wài	additional; in addition
此外	cǐ wài	besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)	wài guó	foreign country
国外 (國外)	guó wài	abroad; external (affairs)
海外	hǎi wài	overseas; abroad
之外	zhī wài	outside; excluding
建设 (建設)	jiàn shè	to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
设计 (設計)	shè jì	to design; to plan; design; plan

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.