奧

See also: 奥

奧 U+5967, 奧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5967 ← 奦 [U+5966] CJK Unified Ideographs 奨 → [U+5968]

Translingual

Japanese	奥
Simplified	奥
Traditional	奧

Han character

奧 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大 (HBK), four-corner 2743₀, composition ⿱⿵⿱丿冂釆大)

Derived characters

• 𠆇, 𨞓, 𡒃, 𡪿, 嶴, 擙, 㜩, 㠗, 䐿, 𣋉, 𣤡, 燠, 𪴃, 𪼣, 𤺾, 䉛, 䜒, 𣡉, 䴈, 𩼈, 噢, 墺, 澳, 懊

Further reading

• KangXi: page 253, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5985
• Dae Jaweon: page 515, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 547, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5967

Chinese

trad.		奧
simp.		奥
2nd round simp.		𫤭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
襖	*quːʔ, *quːʔ
懊	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
燠	*quːʔ, *quːɡs, *quɡ
奧	*quːɡs
墺	*quːɡs, *quɡ
隩	*quːɡs, *quɡ
澳	*quːɡs, *quɡ
噢	*quʔ, *quɡ
薁	*quɡ
䉛	*quɡ

Shuowen interprets it as a Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *quːɡs): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 𢍏 (), but is not widely accepted.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): ngao⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ou³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): au¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): ngau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): o

  (Meixian, Guangdong): au⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ghau³
• Min Bei (KCR): āu / ngāu
• Min Dong (BUC): ó̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ò / àu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ²au
• Xiang (Wiktionary): ngau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ngao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³
    • Yale: ou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: au¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ngau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋau³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: o
    • Hakka Romanization System: o
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: au⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /au⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣau⁴⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: āu / ngāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au⁵⁵/, /ŋau⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò
    • Tâi-lô: ò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /o⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
    • Tâi-lô: àu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aux
    • IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /au⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /au²¹/

Note:

• ò - literary;
• àu - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: o³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ò
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ²au
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ³⁴/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: ngau⁴
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɒu⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 奧
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/au⁵³/
	Tianjin	/nɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/ŋɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ɣɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/au³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ŋau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/nɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ŋau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ŋau¹³/
	Guiyang	/ŋao²¹³/
	Kunming	/ɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɣau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ŋɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ŋɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɔ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/æ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/ʔɔ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ɜ⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋɔ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/ŋə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ŋaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɑu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/au⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/o⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ou³³/
	Nanning	/u³³/
	Hong Kong	/ou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/o²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ŋau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/o²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/au³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔɑu^H/

Rime
Character	奧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔawH/
Li Rong	/ʔɑuH/
Wang Li	/ɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ou3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤuk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奧
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ào
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔawH ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁuk-s/
English	southwest corner of a house
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奧
Reading #	1/1
No.	72
Phonetic component	奧
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	奥
Old Chinese	/*quːɡs/

Definitions

奧

1. ^† southwest corner of a room

   • 奧窔之間，簟席之上，斂然聖王之文章具焉，佛然平世之俗起焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     奥窔之间，簟席之上，敛然圣王之文章具焉，佛然平世之俗起焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Ào yào zhī jiān, diàn xí zhī shàng, liǎn rán shèng wáng zhī wén zhāng jù yān, fó rán píng shì zhī sú qǐ yān. [Pinyin]

     ...then by merely facing toward the south wall of his room and sitting upon his mat, the full array of forms and outward signs of the sage king would gather about him, and because of him the customs of a tranquil age would develop abundantly. (translation by John Knoblock)

2. ^† depths of a room

   • 涼風始至，蟋蟀居奧。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凉风始至，蟋蟀居奥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Liáng fēng shǐ zhì, xīshuài jū ào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. ^† secluded; deep and hidden away

   • 武都仙鎮，龍墟奧域。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     武都仙镇，龙墟奥域。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《益州綿竹縣武都山淨慧寺碑》

     Wǔdōu xiān zhèn, lóngxū ào yù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. ^† profound; esoteric; obscure

   深奧／深奥  ―  shēn'ào  ―  abstruse; profound; recondite

5. Short for 奧林匹克／奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè, “Olympics”).

   奧運會／奥运会  ―  Àoyùnhuì  ―  the Olympic Games

   奧數／奥数  ―  àoshù  ―  mathematical olympiad

6. Short for 奧地利／奥地利 (Àodìlì, “Austria”).

   • 中奧合作符合兩國和兩國人民共同利益。 [MSC, trad.]
     中奥合作符合两国和两国人民共同利益。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, Joint Statement on the Establishment of Friendly Strategic Partnership between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Austria

     Zhōng Ào hézuò fúhé liǎng guó hé liǎng guó rénmín gòngtóng lìyì. [Pinyin]

     The Sino-Austrian cooperation is in the interest of the both countries and their people.

Compounds

Derived terms from 奧

• 一窺堂奧／一窥堂奥
• 典奧／典奥
• 冥奧／冥奥
• 博奧／博奥
• 古奧／古奥
• 國際奧會／国际奥会
• 堂奧／堂奥
• 壼奧／壸奥
• 奇奧／奇奥
• 奧主／奥主
• 奧依亞依拉克／奥依亚依拉克 (Àoyīyà Yīlākè)
• 奧依托格拉克／奥依托格拉克 (Àoyītuō Gélākè)
• 奧克蘭／奥克兰 (Àokèlán)
• 奧勒岡州／奥勒冈州
• 奧匈帝國／奥匈帝国 (Ào-Xiōng Dìguó)
• 奧區／奥区
• 奧博／奥博 (àobó)
• 奧古斯都／奥古斯都 (Àogǔsīdū)
• 奧地利／奥地利 (Àodìlì)
• 奧妙／奥妙 (àomiào)
• 奧得河／奥得河 (Àodé Hé)
• 奧德賽／奥德赛 (Àodésài)
• 奧援／奥援 (àoyuán)

• 奧斯陸／奥斯陆 (Àosīlù)
• 奧旨／奥旨 (àozhǐ)
• 奧會／奥会 (Àohuì)
• 奧會模式／奥会模式
• 奧林匹克／奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè)
• 奧林比亞／奥林比亚
• 奧爾良／奥尔良 (Ào'ěrliáng)
• 奧特貝希／奥特贝希 (Àotèbèixī)
• 奧略／奥略
• 奧登塞／奥登塞
• 奧祕／奥秘
• 奧窔／奥窔 (àoyào)
• 奧維爾／奥维尔
• 奧義／奥义 (àoyì)
• 奧草／奥草
• 奧衍／奥衍
• 奧賽羅／奥赛罗
• 奧賾／奥赜
• 奧跡／奥迹 (àojì)
• 奧運／奥运 (Àoyùn)
• 奧運會／奥运会 (Àoyùnhuì)
• 奧遠／奥远

• 奧陶紀／奥陶纪 (Àotáo Jì)
• 奧龍／奥龙
• 媚奧／媚奥
• 希力奧斯／希力奥斯
• 弘奧／弘奥
• 愛奧尼亞／爱奥尼亚
• 戴奧辛／戴奥辛 (dài'àoxīn)
• 探奧索隱／探奥索隐
• 新奧爾良／新奥尔良 (Xīn-Ào'ěrliáng)
• 普奧同盟／普奥同盟
• 普奧戰爭／普奥战争
• 樞奧／枢奥
• 淇奧／淇奥
• 深入堂奧／深入堂奥
• 深奧／深奥 (shēn'ào)
• 潭奧／潭奥
• 玄奧／玄奥
• 研精覃奧／研精覃奥
• 穾奧／穾奥
• 精奧／精奥
• 貝奧武夫／贝奥武夫 (Bèi'àowǔfū)
• 閫奧／阃奥

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk¹
    • Yale: yūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔ(r)uk/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奧
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)uk/
English	cove in the bank of a stream
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

奧

1. ^† turbid

Compounds

Derived terms from 奧

• 奧渫／奥渫

Japanese

Shinjitai	奥
Kyūjitai	奧

Kanji

奧

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 奥)

1. heart
2. interior

Readings

• Go-on: おう (ō); おく (oku)
• Kan-on: おう (ō); いく (iku)
• Kun: おく (oku, 奧); くま (kuma, 奧)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 奧 (MC ʔɑu^H).

Hanja

奧 (eumhun 깊을 오 (gipeul o))

1. Hanja form^? of 오 (“deep”).

Compounds

• 심오 (深奧, simo, “being profound; abstruse”)
• 오지 (奧地, oji, “remote area”)
• 오묘 (奧妙, omyo, “profundity; profoundness”)
• 비오 (祕奧, bio, “secrecy”)
• 오밀조밀 (奧密稠密, omiljomil, “being elaborate”)
• 산간오지 (山間奧地, san'ganoji, “interiors of a mountain”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 奧 / 燠 (MC ʔɨuk̚).

Hanja

奧 (eumhun 따뜻할 옥 (ttatteuthal ok))

1. (literary Chinese) Alternative form of 燠 (“Hanja form^? of 옥 (“warmth”).”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Tày

Noun

奧 (áo)

1. Nôm form of áo (“paternal aunt, younger brother”).

Vietnamese

Han character

奧: Hán Việt readings: áo
奧: Nôm readings: áo

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation