# 外 — Outside

Frequency rank 100 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 成 (Become), less common than 条 (Clause).

- On’yomi: がい、げ
- Kun’yomi: そと、ほか、はず
- Radical: 夕 Evening (Kangxi 36)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 5

A man crosses the threshold and stands in the open street, with cold night air striking his face.

In words:

- 外 そと — outside
- 外国 がいこく — foreign country
- 外す はずす — to unfasten,to remove

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