Mnemonic comic for 外

Translation

wài = w + ai4: outside / in addition / foreign / external

Mnemonic

There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).

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外 character breakdown

外
- 卜
  - 丨
  - 丶
- 夕

卜

bǔ = bu + Ø3

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

Add a new mnemonic for 卜 = 丨 + 丶

夕

xī = xi + Ø1

dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]

Add a new mnemonic for 夕 =

卜

蔔

bo = b + o5

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]