奥 – heart, interior

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1018 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 奥 means heart, interior. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オウ (ou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おく、おく.まる、くま (oku, okumaru, kuma). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オウ	ou
Kun’yomi	おく	oku
Kun’yomi	おく.まる	okumaru
Kun’yomi	くま	kuma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 大・米・冂.

Words using 奥

奥さんおくさんwife奥おくinner part

Example sentences

彼は奥さんが怖かった。

He was afraid of his wife.

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Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天太央契奪奏奇奨奮奉奢

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