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奥

奥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「奧」の略体。「奧#字源」の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

heart, interior

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウHS
Kun (native)
  • おくJHS
  • おく(まる)
  • くま
Nanori (used in names)
  • お
  • おお
  • おん
  • つ
  • のく
Other languages
  • 拼音ao4
  • 한글o
  • 한글ug
  • Hán-ViệtÁo
  • Hán-ViệtÚc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5965

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳丿𭁨大

Words using this kanji

  • 奥おくinner part, interior, back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest)
  • 奥行きおくゆき「おくゆき」参照。depth, length
  • 奥山おくやま「おくやま」の漢字表記。remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 奥地おくち海岸線や都市などから遠く離れた地域。interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 奥様おくさまwife, your wife, his wife, married lady
  • 奥さんおくさん「おくさん」の漢字表記。wife, your wife, his wife, married lady
  • 奥深いおくふかいprofound, deep, deep (of a cave, etc.), innermost
  • 奥底おくそこ「おくそこ」の漢字表記。depths, deep place, bottom (of one's heart)
  • 奥の手おくのて「おくのて」の漢字表記。ace up one's sleeve, trump card, last resort, secret skills
  • 奥歯おくば「おくば」の漢字表記。back tooth, molar
  • 奥方おくがたlady, nobleman's wife
  • 奥まるおくまる「おくまる」を参照。to lie deep in, to extend far back
  • 奥まっておくまってsecluded, innermost
  • 奥義おうぎ奥深い義理。 学問や芸能で、それを取得すれば、その分野の全てを取得したものとされるもの。秘儀。secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence
  • 奥意おくいtrue intention
  • 奥印おくいんofficial seal
  • 奥旨おうし物事の奥底にある本質。deep truth, deep knowledge
  • 奥書おくがきpostscript (to a book), verification, publication (in a book)
  • 奥庭おくにわinner garden, back yard
  • 奥付おくづけcolophon (at the end of a book), imprint, publication information

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(82 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-9-3
Four Corner
2743.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6b6.9
Heisig
997
Nelson
240