Japanese symbol for “impenetrable”
奥の深い
おくのふかい
Romaji: okunofukai
deep; profound; complicated; advanced
In Japanese, impenetrable is 奥の深い, read おくのふかい (okunofukai).
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Meanings
- adj-i, exp deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “impenetrable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鉄桶 | てっとう tettou | impregnable; impenetrable; unassailable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奥様 | おくさま okusama | wife; your wife; his wife |
| 奥行き | おくゆき okuyuki | depth; length |
| 山奥 | やまおく yamaoku | deep in the mountains; mountain recesses |
| 奥さん | おくさん okusan | wife; your wife; his wife |
| 奥山 | おくやま okuyama | remote mountain; mountain recesses |
| 奥地 | おくち okuchi | interior; backwoods; hinterland |
| 深刻 | しんこく shinkoku | serious; severe; grave |
| 深い | ふかい fukai | deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “impenetrable”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.