wài

outside; in addition; foreign; external

Radical: 夕 HSK 1 f ideographic

Components & Etymology

外 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 外

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 外.

上外
shàng wài
不外
bù wài
中外
zhōng wài
之外
zhī wài
仇外
chóu wài
以外
yǐ wài
体外
tǐ wài
例外
lì wài
关外
guān wài
其外
qí wài
内外
nèi wài
出外
chū wài

Related characters (radical 夕)

Characters that share the radical .

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