外 (wài) — Chinese Character

外

wài

outside; in addition; foreign; external

Radical: 夕 HSK 1 f ideographic

Components & Etymology

外 decomposes into the following components:

夕卜

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 外.

上外

shàng wài

abbr. for 上海外國語大學|上海外国语大学[Shang4 hai3 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2]

不外

bù wài

not beyond the scope of

中外

zhōng wài

Sino-foreign

之外

zhī wài

outside

仇外

chóu wài

以外

yǐ wài

apart from

体外

tǐ wài

outside the body

例外

lì wài

(make an) exception

关外

guān wài

其外

qí wài

besides

内外

nèi wài

inside and outside

出外

chū wài

to go out

Characters that share the radical 夕.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.