Memory phrase for the Kanji: 外


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Meaning outside, other, undo

Pronunciation

GAI, GE
soto, hoka, hazusu

Explanation

Left: evening 夕 (= crescent moon) right: forking/parting of the ways 卜

Mnemonic


 
If you are (alone) in the evening at a fork in the road, you are an outsider.

Radicals

eveningVariant of moon 月, that is not fully risen, because it is still evening.
fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
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 Vocabulary

以外 いがい  with the exception of, excepting
外国人 がいこく人  foreigner
そと  outside, other place, the rest
ほか  other place, the rest
外す はずす  to unfasten, to remove
外れる はずれる  to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear)
外科 げか  surgical department
例外 れいがい  exception
外貌 がいぼう  outward appearance

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