外文

Character by character

• 外wài5 strokesHSK 1out, outside, external; foreign
• 文wén4 strokesHSK 1literature, culture, writing

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 外文. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 外wàiHSK 1

  outside; in addition; foreign; external

• 另外lìng wàiHSK 3

  additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore

• 文件wén jiànHSK 3

  document; file

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

  outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance

• 文wénHSK 7

  language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67

• 文化wén huàHSK 3

  culture; civilization; cultural

• 意外yì wàiHSK 3

  unexpected; accident; mishap

• 文章wén zhāngHSK 3

  article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2

  apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

• 外套wài tàoHSK 4

  coat; jacket

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 此外cǐ wàiHSK 4

  besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

• 国外guó wàiHSK 1

  abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign

• 外国wài guóHSK 1

  foreign (country)

• 文字wén zìHSK 3

  character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology

• 论文lùn wénHSK 4

  paper; treatise; thesis; to discuss a paper or thesis (old)

• 文学wén xuéHSK 3

  literature

• 外科wài kēHSK 6

  surgery (branch of medicine)

• 外表wài biǎoHSK 7

  external; outside; outward appearance

• 外交wài jiāoHSK 3

  diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs

• 例外lì wàiHSK 5

  exception; to be an exception

• 外界wài jièHSK 5

  the outside world; external

• 外出wài chūHSK 6

  to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)