奥: Heart; InteriorKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (オウ)

• 奥義おうぎsecret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries
• 内奥ないおうinner part; depths
• 堂奥どうおうsecret knowledge; interior of a temple
• 奥儀おうぎsecret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries
• 奥妙おうみょうsecret
• 奥技おうぎsecret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries
• 奥旨おうしdeep truth; deep knowledge

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 奥おくinner part; inside
• 奥行きおくゆきdepth; length
• 奥山おくやまremote mountain; mountain recesses
• 奥地おくちinterior; backwoods
• 大奥おおおくinner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers
• 奥さんおくさんwife; your wife
• 奥の手おくのてace up one's sleeve; trump card
• 奥まっておくまってsecluded; innermost
• 奥まるおくまるto lie deep in; to extend far back
• 奥底おくそこdepths; deep place
• 奥方おくがたlady; nobleman's wife
• 奥様おくさまwife; your wife
• 奥歯おくばmolars; back teeth
• 奥深いおくふかいprofound; deep
• 奥行おくゆきdepth; length
• 山奥やまおくdeep in the mountains; mountain recesses
• 中奥なかおくarea of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life
• 右奥みぎおくrear right (corner, etc.); on the right and at the end
• 大奥様おおおくさまlady of the house
• 奥がふかいおくがふかいprofound; deep
• 奥が深いおくがふかいprofound; deep
• 奥さまおくさまwife; your wife
• 奥さん孝行おくさんこうこうdevotion to one's wife; doing things for one's wife
• 奥の手を使うおくのてをつかうto play one's trump card
• 奥の深いおくのふかいdeep; profound
• 奥の間おくのまinner room
• 奥の院おくのいんinner sanctuary; inner shrine
• 奥ふかいおくふかいprofound; deep
• 奥ゆかしいおくゆかしいrefined; graceful
• 奥上臈おくじょうろうwoman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion
• 奥之院おくのいんinner sanctuary; inner shrine
• 奥二重おくぶたえhidden double eyelid
• 奥付おくづけcolophon (at the end of a book); imprint
• 奥付けおくづけcolophon (at the end of a book); imprint
• 奥伝おくでんesoteric
• 奥勤めおくづとめworking as a lady's maid
• 奥医師おくいしcourt physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
• 奥印おくいんofficial seal
• 奥向きおくむきinner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)
• 奥壁おくへきinner wall (e.g. cave); inner rockface (mountain valley, etc.)
• 奥女中おくじょちゅうwoman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period)
• 奥宮おくみやrear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
• 奥山放獣おくやまほうじゅうrelocation of wild animals to a remote location
• 奥床しいおくゆかしいrefined; graceful
• 奥庭おくにわinner garden; back yard
• 奥御殿おくごてんnoble's private quarters
• 奥意おくいtrue intention
• 奥手おくてlate-growing rice
• 奥書おくがきpostscript (to a book); verification

Other readings

• 奥つ城おくつきfamily grave; ancestral grave
• 奥つ城所おくつきどころgraveyard; cemetery
• 奥ぶかいおくふかいprofound; deep
• 奥座敷おくざしきinner parlor; inner parlour

Showing the 60 most common of 93 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 奥

• 行
• 深
• 義
• 城
• 山
• 手
• 様
• 歯
• 書
• 表
• 現