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 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
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／形声, OC *quːɡs) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 𢍏 (), but is not widely accepted.

Etymology 1

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 usage 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 usage 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.

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

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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

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 奧 (MC 'awH).

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 'juwk).

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]

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Tày

Noun

奧 (áo)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation