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See also:
U+5965, 奥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5965

[U+5964]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5966]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 37, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大 (HBK) or 難竹月大 (XHBK), composition ⿱⿵⿱丿)

Further reading[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 253, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5981
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 545, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5965

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“southwest corner of a room; depths of a room; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
おく
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

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 (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”.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(おく) (oku

  1. inside; inner depths
  2. back, rear
  3. inside the house
  4. one's heart, true feelings

Derived terms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

(おく) (Oku

  1. a surname

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 깊을 (gipeul o))

  1. Alternative form of (Hanja form? of (deep).).

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 따뜻할 (ttatteuthal uk))

  1. Alternative form of .

References[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Nôm readings: áo

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