外 outside
- On'yomi
- ガイ、ゲ
- Kun'yomi
- そと、ほか、はず-す
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N5
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 2
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): はず-す.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Remember it
At evening you step outside and have your fortune told — the diviner's stick reads the dusk under the open sky.
A common word
- 外国 がいこく foreign country
Example sentences
外はさむいですよ。
そとはさむいですよ。
It's cold outside, you know.
子どもたちが外で遊んでいます。
こどもたちがそとであそんでいます。
The children are playing outside.
Kanji that share a part
夕 is its radical.
卜 is a component.