奥 — Chinese character
奥
ào
mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- ào
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 宀 米 大
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 大 discovering a house 宀 full of rice 米
- Traditional
- 奧
- Japanese
- 奥 as a kanji
Common words with 奥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奥秘 (奧祕) | ào mì | secret; mystery |
| 深奥 (深奧) | shēn ào | profound; abstruse |
| 奥妙 (奧妙) | ào miào | marvelous; mysterious |
| 奥数 (奧數) | ào shù | olympiad mathematics; competition math |
| 奥氏体 (奧氏體) | ào shì tǐ | (metallurgy) austenite; austenitic |
| 奥援 (奧援) | ào yuán | hidden ally; powerful support |
| 戴奥辛 (戴奧辛) | dài ào xīn | dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage) |
| 玄奥 (玄奧) | xuán ào | abstruse; profound mystery |
| 奥客 (奧客) | ào kè | (Tw) (coll.) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest (from Taiwanese 漚客, Tai-lo pr. [àu-kheh]) |
| 神奥 (神奧) | shén ào | mysterious; an enigma |
| 奥步 (奧步) | ào bù | see 沤步 (òu bù) |
| 奥利给 (奧利給) | ào lì gěi | (neologism c. 2020) come on, you can do it! |
English words written with 奥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.