"奥" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai

Proper name

IPA: [o̞kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おく)), Oku [romanization]
Etymology: Despite the apparent overlap with the modern goon reading of oku that is derived from Middle Chinese, this term is actually rooted in Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry dating to roughly 759 CE. Cognate with 沖 (oki, “the open sea, offshore”), originally in reference to “somewhere far removed, possibly out of sight”. While oki came to mean “far removed in the wide open → far off shore”, oku instead came to mean “far removed inside → inside, interior”. Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{der|ja|ojp|-|sort=おく}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|おく}} 奥(おく) • (Oku)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-奥-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 54 6 6 21 14

Noun

IPA: [o̞kɯ̟] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (おく)), oku [romanization]
Etymology: Despite the apparent overlap with the modern goon reading of oku that is derived from Middle Chinese, this term is actually rooted in Old Japanese, appearing in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry dating to roughly 759 CE. Cognate with 沖 (oki, “the open sea, offshore”), originally in reference to “somewhere far removed, possibly out of sight”. While oki came to mean “far removed in the wide open → far off shore”, oku instead came to mean “far removed inside → inside, interior”. Etymology templates: {{cog|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{der|ja|ojp|-|sort=おく}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|おく}} 奥(おく) • (oku)
  1. inside; inner depths
    Sense id: en-奥-ja-noun-OVEi~~AK
  2. back, rear
    Sense id: en-奥-ja-noun-cpHpPUkc
  3. inside the house
    Sense id: en-奥-ja-noun-qKahtpL8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 16 5 1 63 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 22 4 1 57 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 21 4 1 60 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 21 6 1 59 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 21 4 1 60 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 13 2 2 60 17 3 3
  4. one's heart, true feelings
    Sense id: en-奥-ja-noun-eQSdLqTn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 奥まる (okumaru) (ruby: (おく)) (english: to have a deep recess, to be deeply recessed, to have a deep interior)
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    "Japanese kanji with historical goon reading をく",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading あう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading ゐく",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'yōon reading をく",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading いく",
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    "Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading おく",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading おく",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading おく・まる",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading おお",
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Download raw JSONL data for 奥 meaning in Japanese (6.2kB)

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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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