奥

奥 — heart, interior

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 12
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1018 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: おう ou
Kun'yomi: おく oku

おく.まる oku.maru

くま kuma

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 奥

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