之外

outside / excluding

Characters and words in 之外

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

= + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
outside / in addition / foreign / external

= + : 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).

Words with 之外

apart from this / in addition to this
contrary to expectation / unexpected
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

Sentences with 之外

之外 currently does not appear in any sentence.