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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
outer appearance / form / shape / formality / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
jacket / upper outer garment / CL:
HSK 3
space; room / (fig.) scope; leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space
HSK 4
outer space
HSK 5
outer surface; the outside of sth / social prestige; face
HSK 5
outer clothing / semblance / appearance
HSK 6
outer space
outer side
outer skin / carapace
sleeve cover / outer sleeve
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2]
take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone
outer ear
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang
outer / excluded
outer layer / outer shell
elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix
outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage
outer or inner corner of the eye; canthus
outer city / suburb
Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
outer ear; auricle; pinna
inner and outer coffins / coffin
Sedna, small body in the outer reaches of the solar system
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *椁* | 椁* | *椁
outer coffin
outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe)
outer room / the external world / outside
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *篾* | 篾* | *篾
the outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
outer ear / auricle / pinna
the vacuum bottle within the outer case of a thermos
Qobto or Kobdo, khanate of outer Mongolia
beyond the earth / outer space
a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
outer courtyard
Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠 / nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert (1962-) / person who scales the outer walls of a building as a stunt or for building maintenance
eyebrows (esp. as sth knitted 皺|皱 into a frown) / outer tip of an eyebrow
red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
Outer Mongolia (abbr. for 外蒙古)
Outer Mongolia
visitors from outer space
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城
deep space (outer space)
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜
outer city wall
outer ring (road or rail line)
valency electron / outer shell of electrons
outer corner of the eye
outer city wall
outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God)
outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
inner area (of a place that has an outer area) / the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area) / infield (baseball etc) / (Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage
outer space
Outer Manchuria (the historical name for the part of Russia near northeastern China that was ceded to the Russian Empire in the mid-19th century)
(anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye
outer corner of the eye
the Kuiper belt (in the outer reaches of the Solar system)
carapace / hard outer shell / also pr. [pi2 ke2]
outer corner of the eye
outer ear / auricle / pinna
outer suburbs / remote outskirts of a city
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *郭* | 郭* | *郭
outer city wall
an enlargement at the outer end of a drilled hole, either funnel-shaped (a countersink) or cylindrical (a counterbore)


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