外

Meanings

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. beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
4. except; but; other than; apart from
5. besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of

Part of speech: noun, no-adjective, adverb

Kanji

• 外

  Meanings

  outside

  On reading

  ガイ、ゲ

  Kun reading

  そと、ほか、はず.す、はず.れる、と-

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• 彼はほかに情報を求めることにした。

  He decided to seek information elsewhere.

  Tatoeba #110971 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 日本では琵琶湖ほど大きな湖はほかにない。

  No other lake in Japan is as large as Lake Biwa.

  Tatoeba #122753 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 地球は水があるという点でほかの惑星と違う。

  The earth is different from the other planets in that it has water.

  Tatoeba #126956 · CC BY 2.0 FR