Zi:外

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[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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