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JLPT N4 · Travel

外国

がいこく

foreign country

Stroke order of 外国

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

外 · 5 strokes国 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

Divining (卜) at evening (夕) about a country (国) outside (外) your borders: foreign lands.

Parts: 外 outside (夕 evening + 卜 divination) + 国 country (囗 enclosure + 玉 jewel)

The characters in 外国

  • 外 そと — outside (5 strokes)
  • 国 くに — country (8 strokes)

Example sentence

いつか外国に住みたいです。

いつかがいこくにすみたいです。

I want to live in a foreign country someday.

Words with 外

外outside外国人foreigner外国語foreign language外国旅行trip abroad外食eating out郊外suburbs海外overseas外科surgery (department)外側outside外交diplomacy例外exception外すto remove; to undo外れるto come off; to miss意外unexpected案外unexpectedly

Words with 国

国country外国人foreigner外国語foreign language中国語Chinese (language)外国旅行trip abroad中国China帰国returning to one's country国民citizens; nation国際international全国nationwide国内domestic入国entering a country国会parliament; Diet国家state; nation国籍nationality国際化internationalization各国each country先進国developed country

More words: Travel

旅行trip; travel旅館Japanese inn運転driving自転車bicycle自動車car; automobile地下鉄subway特急limited express急行express (train)駅員station staff写真photo海sea東京Tokyo京都Kyoto世界world地方region; the provinces

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