# 外 U+5916 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5916

A Chinese character meaning “out, outside, external; foreign”, read wài in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `外` |
| Codepoint | U+5916 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5916 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `外` `外` |
| CSS | `\5916` |
| JavaScript | `\u5916` |
| UTF-8 | E5 A4 96 |
| UTF-16 | 5916 |
| Definition | out, outside, external; foreign |
| Mandarin | wài |
| Cantonese | ngoi6 |
| Japanese | GAI GE SOTO HOKA HAZUSU |
| Korean | OY |

## Related characters

- 夕 [U+5915 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5915](https://unicodekit.com/char/5915)
- 夗 [U+5917 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5917](https://unicodekit.com/char/5917)
- 夔 [U+5914 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914](https://unicodekit.com/char/5914)
- 夘 [U+5918 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5918](https://unicodekit.com/char/5918)
- 夓 [U+5913 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5913](https://unicodekit.com/char/5913)
- 夙 [U+5919 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5919](https://unicodekit.com/char/5919)
- 夒 [U+5912 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5912](https://unicodekit.com/char/5912)
- 多 [U+591A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-591A](https://unicodekit.com/char/591A)
- 夑 [U+5911 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5911](https://unicodekit.com/char/5911)
- 夛 [U+591B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-591B](https://unicodekit.com/char/591B)
- 夐 [U+5910 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5910](https://unicodekit.com/char/5910)
- 夜 [U+591C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-591C](https://unicodekit.com/char/591C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5916 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5916