The kanji 奥: meaning, readings and stroke order
奥
- Meaning
- inner part, deep inside
- On reading
- オウ ou
- Kun reading
- おく oku
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 大 big, very
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 奧
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- phía trong sâu (áo)
- Japanese
- おく。なかの ふかい ところ。
- Korean
- 안쪽, 깊숙한 곳 (오)
- Chinese
- 深处、里面
Readings, words and example sentences
オウ ou · on reading · less common
奥義
deepest secrets (of an art)
けん道の 奥義を 学びます。
He learns the deepest secrets of kendo.
おく oku · kun reading
奥
deep inside, the back
森の 奥に 池が あります。
There is a pond deep in the forest.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.