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奥

JLPT N2 12 strokes Frequency: #1018

Meanings

Heart, Interior

Radicals

大

Decomposition

⿱⿵宀米大

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 大 discovering a house 宀 full of rice 米

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

12 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

オウ ou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くま kuma

おく oku

Words Using This Kanji

76 words total

Other (20 words)

奥まるおくまる

to lie deep in

奥勤めおくづとめ

working as a lady's maid

remote mountain

profound

wife

one's heart of hearts

山奥やまおく

deep in the mountains

深奥しんおう

depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.)

大奥おおおく

inner palace (in Edo Castle)

大奥様おおおくさま

lady of the house

内奥ないおう

recesses (of one's mind, heart, etc.)

late-growing rice

secrets

interior

depths

secret knowledge

(admission to the) secrets of a discipline

奥深さおくふかさ

depth

心の奥底こころのおくそこ

innermost depths of one's heart

奥さんおくさん

wife

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