奥
奥 — Heart
heart, interior
On’yomiオウ (ou)
Kun’yomiおく (oku)
Kun’yomiおくまる (okumaru)
Kun’yomiくま (kuma)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 奥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奥 | おく oku | inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.) |
| 奥行き | おくゆき okuyuki | depth; length |
| 奥山 | おくやま okuyama | remote mountain; mountain recesses |
| 奥さん | おくさん okusan | wife; your wife; his wife |
| 奥様 | おくさま okusama | wife; your wife; his wife |
| 奥地 | おくち okuchi | interior; backwoods; hinterland |
Study notes
奥 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1018 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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