奥 — kanji meaning “heart”
奥
heart, interior
- Meanings
- heart, interior
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)
- Kun'yomi
- おく、おく.まる、くま
- Name readings
- お、おお、おん、つ、のく
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1018 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- ào — Chinese character page
Words with 奥
| 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 |
| 奥深い | おくふかい okufukai | profound; deep |
| 奥底 | おくそこ okusoko | depths; deep place |
| 奥義 | おうぎ ougi | secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence |
| 大奥 | おおおく oooku | inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem |
| 奥歯 | おくば okuba | back tooth; molar |
| 奥の手 | おくのて okunote | ace up one's sleeve; trump card; last resort |
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