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 characters.

外 radical

Its radical[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with NIY

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