outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; ext
外 · 5 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 卜 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.
面 · 9 strokes
Depicts the outline of a face, with an eye (目) in the middle. In simplified Chinese 面 is also used to mean "noodles", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 麵.