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外 = 卜 + 夕
外 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “outside”. It is built from 卜 (divining rod) and 夕 (evening). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 116.
- Keyword
- outside
- RTK frame
- 116
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ガイ, ゲ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- そと, ほか, はず.す, はず.れる, と-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- снаружи
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 外 out
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 外 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “divining rod” + “evening”. 外 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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