外 — kanji meaning “outside”
外
outside
- Meanings
- outside
- On'yomi
- ガイ (gai)、ゲ (ge)
- Kun'yomi
- そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-
- Name readings
- うい、け、ふか
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #81 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 36
- Chinese reading
- wài — Chinese character page
Words with 外
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 外国 | がいこく gaikoku | foreign country |
| 以外 | いがい igai | excluding; except (for); apart from |
| 外交 | がいこう gaikou | diplomacy |
| 意外 | いがい igai | unexpected; surprising; unanticipated |
| 外部 | がいぶ gaibu | outside (e.g. of a building); exterior |
| 外科 | げか geka | surgery (branch of medicine) |
| 例外 | れいがい reigai | exception |
| 外出 | がいしゅつ gaishutsu | going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.) |
| 郊外 | こうがい kougai | suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt |
| 国外 | こくがい kokugai | outside the country; abroad |
| 外務省 | がいむしょう gaimushou | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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