JLPT N5 · Places & directions

外

そと

outside

Stroke order of 外

外 is written with 5 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Fortune-tellers (卜) did their readings in the evening (夕), always outside under the open sky.

Parts: 夕 evening + 卜 divination

Example sentence

外は寒いです。

そとはさむいです。

It is cold outside.

Words with 外

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 外国foreign country 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

More words: Places & directions

上up; above 下down; below 中inside; middle 右right 左left 前front; before 後ろbehind 北north 南south 東east 西west 日本Japan 国country 学校school 駅station 店shop 会社company

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