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
外边
wàibian
outside
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 外边在下雨。 Wàibian zài xià yǔ. It's raining outside.
- 外边很冷。 Wàibian hěn lěng. It's very cold outside.
- 请到外边等我。 Qǐng dào wàibian děng wǒ. Please wait for me outside.