外
outside
- 夕evening
- 卜divination stick
- kun
- そとsotoほかhokaはず.すhazu.su
- on
- ガイgaiゲge
mnemonic
In the EVENING (夕) the fortune teller takes the DIVINATION STICK (卜) OUTSIDE to read the cracks by moonlight. "Gai" (ガイ) as in gaikokujin, a person from outside the country.
examples
- 外そとsotooutside
- 外国がいこくgaikokuforeign country
- 外国人がいこくじんgaikokujinforeigner