Kanji1 / 5
外 kanji
outside
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ガイゲ
Kun readings
そとほかはずすはずれると-
Words with 外
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —外コンforeign consulting company; foreign consulting business
- —外皮系integumentary system
- —計算外not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
- —規格外nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; unconventional (e.g. relationship); ugly (e.g. fruits and vegetables); exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable; overwhelming; insane; off the charts
- —外交筋diplomatic source
- —外角球outside pitch
- —外調機outdoor air handling unit; outdoor air handler
- —外因性exogenous; extrinsic
- —外種皮testa; outer seed coat
- —外傷性traumatic
- —帳簿外off-book; off-the-books
- —紫外光ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
- —外洋水oceanic water; pelagic water
- —外製化outsourcing
- —外部生student enrolled from an unaffiliated lower-level school
- —外聴道ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
- —外注先subcontractor; outsourcee
- —県外者person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
- —外交部Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)
- —区外者non-resident (of a ward, district, city, etc.)