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outside

HSK 1 N4
wài
ガイ、ゲ
そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-
Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.
Components
divination+ month =
outside
Iconic component
bo divination
see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó​bo]
Depicts the cracks on the outside of a turtle shell.
Phonetic component
yuè month
moon
Looks like 夕, which is also a pictograph of a moon.
View phonetic series →
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[wài]
outside; in addition; foreign; external
Japanese
余所 他所 よそ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana another place; somewhere else; strange parts
  2. usually kana outside (one's family or group); someone else; other people
  3. usually kana not caring for; being indifferent to; taking little notice of; ignoring; neglecting (as 〜をよそに, 〜をよそにして, etc.)
そと (old) 同音

noun

  1. outside; exterior
  2. the open (air)
  3. other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
がい 同音
suffix outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
ほか 同音

noun

  1. another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
  2. another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
  3. usually kana beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside (esp. 外)
  4. except; but; other than; apart from (with neg. sentence; as ...ほかに...ない, ...するほかない, etc.)
  5. besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of (as ...のほか(に), ...するほか(に)etc.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
そで
Sode place namesurname
そと
Soto surname
To place name
との
Tono place name
ほか
Hoka surname