Chinese Character 外 Meanings and components.

Form

外

Meaning

外 meaning^[3] in English

Outside.

In Addition.

Foreign.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 外 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are dusk (夕) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical^[1] is: 夕 (xi1) which means: Dusk, Evening, Taiwan Pr. [Xi4], .夕xi1dusk

In cangjie it is written with NIY

How to write 外

To write外wai4outside you should write a combination of 夕xi1dusk , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吅 shape:

夕 + 卜 = 外

外 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 外 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 外, looks as follow:

外

Pinyin:wai4 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: Outside . In Addition . Foreign . External

夕

Pinyin:xi1

Meaning^[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]

卜

Pinyin:bo5

Meaning^[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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