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Kanji for Beyond
The kanji for “beyond” is 外, read gai and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
外
beyond
Outside; looking beyond the familiar.
5 strokes On reading ガイ、ゲ (gai, ge) Kun reading そと、ほか、はずす (soto, hoka, hazusu) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: outside
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gai, ge, soto, to
In Japan it appears in about 160 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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