奥

See also: 奧

奥 U+5965, 奥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5965 ← 奤 [U+5964] CJK Unified Ideographs 奦 → [U+5966]

Translingual

Japanese	奥
Simplified	奥
Traditional	奧

Han character

奥 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大 (HBK) or 難竹月大 (XHBK), composition ⿱⿵⿱丿冂米大)

Derived characters

• 𬤡, 𬸩, 𥨩

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 253, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5981
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 545, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5965

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 奥 – see 奧 (“southwest corner of a room; depths of a room; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 奧).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	奥
Kyūjitai	奧

Kanji

奥

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 奧)

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)^{←あう (au, historical)}、おく (oku)^{←をく (woku, historical)}
• Kan-on: いく (iku)^{←ゐく (wiku, historical)}、おう (ō, Jōyō)^{←あう (au, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: おく (oku)^{←をく (woku, historical)}
• Kun: おく (oku, 奥, Jōyō)、おくまる (okumaru, 奥まる)
• Nanori: くま (kuma)、おお (ō)、おん (on)、つ (tsu)、のく (noku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
奥
おく Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
奧 (kyūjitai)

Despite the apparent overlap with the modern goon reading of oku that is derived from Middle Chinese, this term is actually rooted in Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry dating to roughly 759 CE. Cognate with 沖 (oki, “the open sea, offshore”), originally in reference to “somewhere far removed, possibly out of sight”. While oki came to mean “far removed in the wide open → far off shore”, oku instead came to mean “far removed inside → inside, interior”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おく [óꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟]

Noun

奥(おく) • (oku) 

1. inside; inner depths

   施設(しせつ)の奥(おく)にある

   shisetsu no oku ni aru

   located deep within the facility

   写真(しゃしん)の奥(おく)に写(うつ)っている

   shashin no oku ni utsutteiru

   appearing in the background of the photo

2. back, rear
3. inside the house
4. one's heart, true feelings

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 奥(おく)まる (okumaru): to have a deep recess, to be deeply recessed, to have a deep interior

Proper noun

奥(おく) • (Oku) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

奥 (eumhun 깊을 오 (gipeul o))

1. Alternative form of 奧 (“hanja form^? of 오 (“deep”)”).

Hanja

奥 (eumhun 따뜻할 욱 (ttatteuthal uk))

1. Alternative form of 燠.

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 奥

Vietnamese

Han character

奥: Nôm readings: áo

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References

• Nom Foundation