Memory phrase for the Kanji: 外


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Meaning

outside, other, undo

Pronunciation

GAI, GE
soto, hoka, hazusu

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

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

 以外  いがい  with the exception of, excepting
 外国人  がいこく人  foreigner
 外  そと  outside, other place, the rest
 外  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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