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Strokes

奥

heart, interior

JLPTN2School grade8Strokes12Frequency#1018
Kun
おく · おくまる · くまoku · okumaru · kumae.g.奥さんおくさんwife (someone else's)
On
オウou

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
大big
Parts
  • 大big
  • 米rice
  • 冂down box

Used in words

  • 奥(おく)さん
    wife (someone else's)

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