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<WL>外 [wài] outside; 外国人 wàiguórén foreigner; 意外 unexpected
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<WL>外 [wài] (外边) outside; exterior; 外国人 wàiguórén foreigner; 意外 unexpected; 外祖父 maternal grandfather
 
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From 夕 () ‘evening’ (picture of the moon, like 月 yuè) and 卜 () ‘fortune telling’ (cracks on a tortoise shell).
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 外(􁊢) wài ‘remote/outside’ combines xī ‘moon/evening’, and 卜 bǔ ‘(divination) crack’; divination until late into the night, of things remote, far removed from this mortal world; cf. 閒(􂃔) jiàn ‘gap/crack’, formerly 𨳿(􂃕) with 外 (instead of 月), in which the 夕 sliver of crescent moon outside shines in through a 卜 crack, or represents a spy (间谍) outside peering in at night.
“卜 divination by 夕 the moon: outdoors” —Karlgren.
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“卜 divination by 夕 the moon: outdoors” —Karlgren(AD).
Another theory is that 夕 in 外 depicts the crescent-shaped tortoise shell, with the 卜 cracks appearing on the shell’s outside surface (—Henshall).
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“夕 in 外 depicts the crescent-shaped tortoise shell, with the 卜 cracks appearing on the shell's outside surface” —Henshall.
#rG.382.25 H.91 K.AD775,GSR322a D.2.860.1 M.7001 KX..246.02 B.018.0.07
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Compare: 处(􂠄処􂠅處) chù ‘place’.
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HDZ: 外 : wài : 疏远; 背离, 背叛; 关系疏远; 排斥, 推卸; 抛弃, 鄙弃; 外表, 外层 (ant. 内, 里, 中); 某种界限或一定范围的外边; 處于…之外; 非自己所在或所属 (ant. 本) (外埠, 外族, 外单位, 外姓); 母家、妻家(娘家)和出嫁的姐妹、女儿家的亲属 (外祖父, 外甥, 外孙女); (古) 妻子对丈夫的称呼; 外国; 另外, 其他, 别的 (外加, 外一首); 非正式的, 不正当的 (外妇, 外号, 外史); (中医) 在人体外表可以看到的病状 (审病八要之一); 传统戏曲脚色行当; (周易) 外卦: 重卦的上三爻 (内: 重卦的下三爻); 男宠, 男色
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#rG.382.25 H.91 K.AD775,GSR322a D.2.860.1 M.7001 KX..246.02 B.018.0.07 E.1
 
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 11 May 2018

[wài] (外​) outside; exterior; 外​ wàiguórén foreigner; ​外 unexpected; 外​ maternal grandfather

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 外 wài ‘remote/outside’ combines ​ xī ‘moon/evening’, and ​ bǔ ‘(divination) crack’; divination until late into the night, of things remote, far removed from this mortal world; cf. ​ jiàn ‘gap/crack’, formerly ​𨳿 with 外 (instead of ​), in which the ​ sliver of crescent moon outside shines in through a ​ crack, or represents a spy (​) outside peering in at night.
    “​ divination by ​ the moon: outdoors” —Karlgren(AD).
    “​ in 外 depicts the crescent-shaped tortoise shell, with the ​ cracks appearing on the shell's outside surface” —Henshall.
    Compare: ​(​) chù ‘place’.
    HDZ: 外 : wài : ​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; 外​, 外​ (ant. ​, ​, ​); ​外​; ​…​外; ​ (ant. ​) (外​, 外​, 外​, 外​); ​、​(​)​、​ (外​, 外​, 外​); (​) ​; 外​; ​外, ​, ​ (外​, 外​); ​, ​ (外​, 外​, 外​); (​) ​外​ (​); ​; (​) 外​: ​ (​: ​); ​, ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:382.25; Henshall:91; Karlgren:AD775,GSR322a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.860.1; Mathews:7001; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:246.02; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:018.0.07; EDOC:1
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