外 — outside

Grade 2 kanji · 5 strokes · on'yomi gai · kun'yomi soto.

Evening (夕) + divination (卜) — outside, where you read omens in the evening sky.

Example words

• 外 — soto — outside
• 外国 — gaikoku — foreign country

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