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
外文
wàiwén
foreign language; foreign writing
Characters in this word
文 wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我学外文。 Wǒ xué wàiwén. I study a foreign language.
- 他看外文。 Tā kàn wàiwén. He reads foreign writing.
- 外文书多。 Wàiwén shū duō. There are many foreign language books.
Related words
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外 wài outside, outer
- 外边 wàibian outside
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 外语 wàiyǔ foreign language
- 外地 wàidì another place; out of town
- 外卖 wàimài takeout delivery
- 以外 yǐwài outside; except for
- 另外 lìngwài other; in addition
- 外交 wàijiāo diplomacy
- 外面 wàimiàn outside
- 意外 yìwài accident; unexpected event