Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1018 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: heart, interior

Kunyomi: おく おく.まる くま

Onyomi: オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

義(おうぎ)   secrets

(おく)   inner, inmost

さん(おくさん)   wife

(やまおく)   mountain recesses

の間(おくのま)   inner room

歯(おくば)   back teeth

Onyomi Examples

オクチ interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions

オウギ secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence, heart

サイオウ deep inside, innermost place

ナイオウ inner part, depths

Kunyomi Examples

おく inner part, inside, interior, depths (e.g. of a forest), back (of a house, drawer, etc.), bottom (e.g. of one's heart), recesses, heart

おくち interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions

やまおく deep in the mountains, mountain recesses

おおおく inner palace (in Edo Castle), palace's ladies chambers, shogun's harem

まる おくまる to lie deep in, to extend far back