Memory phrase for the character: 外

外

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Meaning

outside, other, undo

Pronunciation

GAI, GE
soto, hoka, hazusu

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

夕 eveningSimplified version of moon: 月, which has not yet fully risen in the evening.
卜 fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.




 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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