外科 (wài kē)

Character breakdown

• 外 (wài) · 5 strokes

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

• 科 (kē) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).