Japanese symbol for “outboard”
機外
きがい
Romaji: kigai
outside a plane; outboard
In Japanese, outboard is 機外, read きがい (kigai).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n outside a plane; outboard
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “outboard”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 船外 | せんがい sengai | outboard; extravehicular |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機能 | きのう kinou | function; facility; faculty |
| 機関 | きかん kikan | engine |
| 機会 | きかい kikai | chance; opportunity; occasion |
| 機械 | きかい kikai | machine; mechanism |
| 危機 | きき kiki | crisis; critical situation; emergency |
| 機構 | きこう kikou | mechanism; machinery |
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.