Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
heart, interior
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1018 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 奥義 【オウギ】 secret techniques (of an art or skill), inner mysteries, essence, quintessence, heart
  • 最奥 【サイオウ】 deep inside, innermost place
  • 内奥 【ナイオウ】 inner part, depths

Kun reading compounds

  • 奥 【おく】 inner part, interior, back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave), heart, end (of a road, garden, etc.), living quarters (at the back of a house), inner room, recesses (of one's mind), bottom (of one's heart), behind (someone's words), mysteries (of an art)
  • 奥地 【おくち】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 山奥 【やまおく】 deep in the mountains, mountain recesses
  • 大奥 【おおおく】 inner palace (in Edo Castle), palace's ladies chambers, shogun's harem
  • 奥まる 【おくまる】 to lie deep in, to extend far back

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おお、 おん、 つ、 のく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ao4
Korean:
o, ug

Spanish

  • profundo
  • interior
  • esposa

Portuguese

  • coração
  • interior

French

  • intérieur
  • coeur
  • fond
  • épouse
1038 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
878 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
240 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
930 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
448 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1798 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
476 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
484 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
71 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
419 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3503 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1806 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
937 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5981 Morohashi
2824 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1165 New Nelson (John Haig)
928 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
997 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1520 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
863 2001 Kanji
6b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-3 SKIP code
4-12-4 SKIP code
2-10-2 SKIP code
2743.0 Four corner code
1-17-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5965 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
wide expanse, abundance, vigorous
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 浩瀚 【コウカン】 bulky, voluminous
  • 浩然 【コウゼン】 broadminded, magnanimous, abundant (of flowing water), plentiful

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 ひろし、 ゆたか、 こお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hao4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • amplio
  • extenso
  • vasto
  • inmenso

Portuguese

French

2563 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1939 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1068 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2140 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
525 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
396 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17479P Morohashi
438 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3147 New Nelson (John Haig)
2311 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2404 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3416.1 Four corner code
1-25-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d69 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
Kun:
かな
On:
サイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 快哉 【カイサイ】 joy, exultation
  • 悦哉 【エッサイ】 musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

Kun reading compounds

  • 哉 【かな】 how!, what!, alas!
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 果たせるかな 【はたせるかな】 as expected
  • 候哉 【そうろうや】 I wonder if ...

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 すけ、 とし、 ちか、 はじめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • ¿cómo?
  • ¿qué?
  • exclamación

Portuguese

French

777 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1940 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1006 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2037 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2071 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3596 Morohashi
3294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 New Nelson (John Haig)
2704 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4n5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
4365.0 Four corner code
1-26-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c9 Unicode hex code