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Kanji Detail for 奥 - "deep, wife, depth"

  • Meaning

    奥 means "deep, wife, depth."

    1. Depth - A place far inside; also, profound matters.

    2. Sacred corner - The southwest corner of a room; a place for enshrining deities.

    3. Inner room - A room at the back of a house.

    4. Bend - Where rivers curve and become complex.

    5. Warm - Warmth; comfortable.

    6. Wife - Another person's wife (especially of high status).

    7. Mutsu - An abbreviation for "Mutsu" (Michinoku).

  • Words using

    • 奥行き おくゆき Listen depth; length
    • 奥山 おくやま Listen remote mountain; mountain recesses
    • 奥地 おくち Listen interior; backwoods; hinterland
    • 奥様 おくさま Listen wife; your wife; his wife
    • 奥さん おくさん Listen wife; your wife; his wife
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    • Verified meaning: deep, wife, depth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うく, おう, おく, ふかし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (おく)Listen

    Surnames (うく)Listen (おう)Listen (ふかし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heart; interior

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mysterious, obscure, profound

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • You will make a good wife.

  • I borrowed money not only from tom but from his wife too.

  • He is twice as heavy as his wife.

  • I think his wife is going out of town.

  • He wanted to be woken up early by his wife.

  • He is always speaking ill of his wife.

  • That woman will be his wife.

  • Please say hello to your wife.

  • How is the wife?

  • He owes much of his success to his wife.

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