1. 外
  2. 边

外

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Meta:

  1. 外 is the 131st most frequent character.
  2. 外 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 外 appears as a character in 190 words.
  4. 外 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
外 => 夕, 卜
Radical :
外 => 夕 (evening/unset), 卜 (divination)
Graphical :
外 => 夕, 丨, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wai4 - outside/in addition/foreign/external

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

另外 
外 
外套 
外婆 
外面 
意外 

Medium Frequency

中外 
之外 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
以外 
例外 
内外 (內外)
分外 
国内外 (國內外)
国外 (國外)
外交 
外交部 
外人 
外来 (外來)
外传 (外傳)
外公 
外出 
外加 
外包 
外汇 (外匯)
外向 
外国 (外國)
外国人 (外國人)
外在 
外地 
外媒 
外形 
外星人 
外壳 (外殼)
外滩 (外灘)
外甥 
外甥女 
外界 
外科 
外号 (外號)
外衣 
外表 
外观 (外觀)
外语 (外語)
外貌 
外贸 (外貿)
外卖 (外賣)
外遇 
外边 (外邊)
外部 
外露 
外头 (外頭)
室外 
对外 (對外)
屋外 
往外 
户外 (戶外)
格外 
此外 
海外 
紫外线 (紫外線)
老外 
号外 (號外)
野外 
门外 (門外)
除外 
额外 (額外)

Appears In:

外 also appears in:
迯

边

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Meta:

  1. 边 is the 316th most frequent character.
  2. 边 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 边 appears as a character in 99 words.
  4. 边 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
边 => 辶, 力
Radical :
边 => 辶 (walk), 力 (power/force)
Graphical :
边 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, ㇆, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bian1 - side/edge/margin/border/boundary/CL:個|个[ge4]/simultaneously
  2. bian5 - suffix of a noun of locality

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

一边 (一邊)
周边 (周邊)
旁边 (旁邊)
身边 (身邊)
边 (邊)

Medium Frequency

右边 (右邊)
外边 (外邊)
天边 (天邊)
左边 (左邊)
床边 (床邊)
后边 (後邊)
东边 (東邊)
江边 (江邊)
河边 (河邊)
海边 (海邊)
无边 (無邊)
花边 (花邊)
里边 (裡邊)
西边 (西邊)
路边 (路邊)
这边 (這邊)
边儿 (邊兒)
边度 (邊度)
边缘 (邊緣)
边际 (邊際)
那边 (那邊)

Appears In:

边 also appears in:
笾
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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