之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
之外
zhīwài
outside (a limit)
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
- 门之外很冷。 Mén zhī wài hěn lěng. It is very cold outside the door.
- 工作之外休息。 Gōngzuò zhī wài xiūxi. Rest outside of work.
- 窗之外下雨。 Chuāng zhī wài xià yǔ. It is raining outside the window.