奧

See also: 奥

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		奧
simp.		奥

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): au⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): āu / ngāu
• Eastern Min (BUC): ó̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ò / àu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o³

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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/
• 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.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: au⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /au⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: āu / ngāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au⁵⁵/, /ŋau⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò
    • Tâi-lô: ò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
    • Tâi-lô: àu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aux
    • IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /au²¹/

Note:

• ò - literary;
• àu - vernacular.

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

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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 (Hokkien)	/o²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ɔ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋau⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/o²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/au³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'awH

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
Baxter	'awH
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

(deprecated template usage) 奧

1. difficult to understand

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

2. ^† 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)

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

   奧運會／奥运会  ―  Àoyùnhuì  ―  the Olympic Games

4. 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.

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

(deprecated template usage) 奧

1. ^† turbid

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Japanese

Shinjitai	奥
Kyūjitai	奧

Kanji

奧

(Jinmeiyō kanji, 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)

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Korean

Hanja

奧 • (o, uk)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 오, 욱
  • Name (hangeul): 깊을, 따뜻할
    (revised: gip-eul, ttatteushal, McCune–Reischauer: kip-ŭl, ttattŭshal, Yale: kiph-ul, ttattushal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奧 (áo)

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