国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国外
guówài
abroad, overseas
Characters in this word
外 wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- Made of
- 夕 evening, night, dusk 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在国外工作。 Tā zài guówài gōngzuò. He works abroad.
- 我妈妈在国外。 Wǒ māma zài guówài. My mom is abroad.
- 我想去国外学习。 Wǒ xiǎng qù guówài xuéxí. I want to study abroad.