外

Glyph origin
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According to, it is also an ; originally represents a crescent moon (i.e. the moon with part “missing” to the observer). The character is thus interpreted as representing divination based on the partial phase of the moon, implying the remaining visible part of the moon is the moon's ‘outside’.

Definitions

 * 1) out; outside; external
 * 2) beyond; above; in addition to; other than; except
 * 3) other; foreign; alien not of one's own family, clan, locality, school, country, etc.
 * 4) foreign country
 * 5)  to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance
 * 6) relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter
 * 7) additional
 * 8) unofficial
 * 9)  as much as
 * 1) foreign country
 * 2)  to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance
 * 3) relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter
 * 4) additional
 * 5) unofficial
 * 6)  as much as
 * 1)  to alienate; to other; to exclude; to distance
 * 2) relatives of one's mother, sister or daughter
 * 3) additional
 * 4) unofficial
 * 5)  as much as
 * 1) additional
 * 2) unofficial
 * 3)  as much as
 * 1) additional
 * 2) unofficial
 * 3)  as much as
 * 1) unofficial
 * 2)  as much as
 * 1)  as much as
 * 1)  as much as

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) outside
 * 2) foreign
 * 3) other
 * 4) except

Etymology 1
Appears from roughly the, superseding earlier to reading (see below). Likely a compound of either, or.

Noun

 * 1) (the) outside

Etymology 2
From, from.

Related to 🇨🇬, compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) other (things); the rest

Noun

 * 1) (the) outside
 * 2) toilet

Suffix

 * 1) outside; external
 * 2) except for

Derived terms

 * : an exoskeleton
 * : external shape/form
 * : (rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor
 * : outside a room, outdoor

Etymology 6
From.

Noun

 * 1)  non-Buddhist teachings or texts
 * 2)  external

Derived terms

 * : surgery
 * : any non-Buddhist religion
 * : any non-Buddhist religion; any non-Buddhist teaching

Usage notes
The printed form of this character often differs from its handwritten form; in the latter, the last stroke often does not pass through, as in the printed Chinese form.

Etymology
From.

Readings

 * Nôm: ngoái, ngoài, ngoại, ngòi, ngồi

Compounds

 * (外國)