JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
外 means outside. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 5 strokes, read そと or ほか or がい. It is built from 2 parts: 夕 (evening), 卜 (divining, fortune-telling). It appears in 外国 (foreign country).
外 is written in 5 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
外 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外 | そと | outside / exterior |
| 外 | ほか | other / the rest |
| 外国 | がいこく | foreign country |
These use 夕 or 卜 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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