• 131st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 190 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wài (wai4)outside • in addition • foreign • external

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

另外 
 
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)
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  • 28th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.39% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 312 words
  • Component in 22 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chū (chu1)to go out • to come out • to occur • to produce • to go beyond • to rise • to put forth • to happen • classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chū (chu1)The component is pronounced as 'chū' (chu1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

付出 
 
出来 (出來)
出去 
出现 (出現)
出发 (出發)
出门 (出門)

Medium Frequency

伸出 
作出 
做出 
出世 
出乎 
出乎意料 
出事 
出人意料 
出入 
出动 (出動)
出口 
出名 
出品 
出售 
出国 (出國)
出场 (出場)
出奇 
出嫁 
出局 
出差 
出师 (出師)
出席 
出息 
出手 
出于 (出於)
出汗 
出没 (出沒)
出海 
出炉 (出爐)
出版 
出生 
出众 (出眾)
出租 
出租车 (出租車)
出声 (出聲)
出自 
出台 (出臺)
出色 
出处 (出處)
出血 
出行 
出卖 (出賣)
出路 
出身 
出轨 (出軌)
出游 (出遊)
出道 
出错 (出錯)
出院 
出面 
出头 (出頭)
取出 
外出 
得出 
复出 (復出)
想出 
找出 
拍出 
拿出 
指出 
掏出 
排出 
推出 
提出 
播出 
支出 
放出 
日出 
派出所 
流出 
演出 
发出 (發出)
看出 
突出 
冲出 (衝出)
认出 (認出)
说出 (說出)
卖出 (賣出)
走出 
超出 
跳出 
退出 
选出 (選出)
迈出 (邁出)
长出 (長出)
露出 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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