外星人 (wài xīng rén)

Character breakdown

• 外 (wài) · 5 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.

• 星 (xīng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

• 人 (rén) · 2 strokes

  Pictograph of the side view of a standing person.