# 奧

| 奧 | U+5967, &#22887; 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 2743$_0$, composition ⿱⿵⿱丿冂釆大)

#### Derived characters

* 𬿪, 噢, 墺, 㜩, 㠗, 懊, 擙, 澳, 隩, 𰻘, 𣋉, 𪴃, 燠, 𪼣, 𭯣, 𥜌, 䐿, 礇, 襖, 䜒, 鐭, 𩟇, 𣡉, 𩼈
* 𨞓, 𣤡, 䴈, 𠆇, 𡪿, 薁, 䉛, 鿫, 𤺾, 𮤦, 𡒃, 嶴, 𰣗, 𧅨

### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
A conservative variant is 𡪃. Shuowen interprets it as a Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quːɡs): semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 𢍏 (juàn), but is not widely accepted.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): ào (ao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ngao$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ou$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): au$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): o
    (Meixian, Guangdong): au$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ghau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): āu / ngāu
* Eastern Min (BUC): ó̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ò / àu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): o$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$au
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ào
*** Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ào
*** Wade–Giles: ao$^4$
*** Yale: àu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
*** Palladius: ао (ao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ngao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ngao
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋau²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ou$^3$
*** Yale: ou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ou̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: au$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /au³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋau³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: o
*** Hakka Romanization System: o
*** Hagfa Pinyim: o$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: au$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /au⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ghau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: āu / ngāu
*** Sinological IPA : /au⁵⁵/, /ŋau⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò
*** Tâi-lô: ò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /o⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
*** Tâi-lô: àu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aux
*** IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /au⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /au²¹/
* ò - literary;
* àu - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit奧 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /au⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ŋɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɣɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /au³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ŋau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /nɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɔ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ŋau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ŋau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ŋao²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɣau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ŋɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ŋɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɔ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /æ⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔɔ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɜ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋɔ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ŋə⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ŋau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ŋaɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /au⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /o⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ou³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /u³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ou³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /o²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ɔ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋau⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /o²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /au³⁵/ |
* 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 | /ʔɑu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɑu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ou$^3$ |
* 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 | ‹ ʔaw$^H$ › |
| 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

奧
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) southwest corner of a room
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd 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)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) depths of a room
    From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
    Liáng fēng shǐ zhì, xīshuài jū ào. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) secluded; deep and hidden away
    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)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) profound; esoteric; obscure
    深奧／深奥 ― shēn'ào ― abstruse; profound; recondite
* 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
* Short for 奧地利／奥地利 (Àodìlì).: Austria (a country in Central Europe)
    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.

#### Compounds

* 一窺堂奧 / 一窥堂奥
* 典奧 / 典奥
* 冥奧 / 冥奥
* 博奧 / 博奥
* 古奧 / 古奥
* 國際奧會 / 国际奥会
* 堂奧 / 堂奥
* 壼奧 / 壸奥
* 奇奧 / 奇奥
* 奧主 / 奥主
* 奧依亞依拉克 / 奥依亚依拉克 (Àoyīyà Yīlākè)
* 奧依托格拉克 / 奥依托格拉克 (Àoyītuō Gélākè)
* 奧克蘭 / 奥克兰 (Àokèlán)
* 奧勒岡州 / 奥勒冈州
* 奧匈帝國 / 奥匈帝国 (Ào-Xiōng Dìguó)
* 奧區 / 奥区
* 奧博 / 奥博 (àobó)
* 奧古斯都 / 奥古斯都 (Àogǔsīdū)
* 奧地利 / 奥地利 (Àodìlì)
* 奧妙 / 奥妙 (àomiào)
* 奧巴馬 / 奥巴马 (Àobāmǎ)
* 奧得河 / 奥得河 (Àodé Hé)
* 奧德賽 / 奥德赛 (Àodésài)
* 奧援 / 奥援 (àoyuán)
* 奧斯陸 / 奥斯陆 (Àosīlù)
* 奧旨 / 奥旨 (àozhǐ)
* 奧會 / 奥会 (Àohuì)
* 奧會模式 / 奥会模式
* 奧林匹克 / 奥林匹克 (àolínpǐkè)
* 奧林比亞 / 奥林比亚
* 奧爾良 / 奥尔良 (Ào'ěrliáng)
* 奧特貝希 / 奥特贝希 (Àotèbèixī)
* 奧略 / 奥略
* 奧登塞 / 奥登塞
* 奧祕 / 奥秘 (àomì)
* 奧窔 / 奥窔 (àoyào)
* 奧維爾 / 奥维尔
* 奧義 / 奥义 (àoyì)
* 奧草 / 奥草
* 奧衍 / 奥衍
* 奧賽羅 / 奥赛罗
* 奧賾 / 奥赜
* 奧跡 / 奥迹 (àojì)
* 奧運 / 奥运 (Àoyùn)
* 奧運會 / 奥运会 (Àoyùnhuì)
* 奧遠 / 奥远
* 奧陶紀 / 奥陶纪 (Àotáo Jì)
* 奧龍 / 奥龙
* 媚奧 / 媚奥
* 希力奧斯 / 希力奥斯
* 弘奧 / 弘奥
* 愛奧尼亞 / 爱奥尼亚
* 戴奧辛 / 戴奥辛 (dài'àoxīn)
* 探奧索隱 / 探奥索隐
* 新奧爾良 / 新奥尔良 (Xīn-Ào'ěrliáng)
* 普奧同盟 / 普奥同盟
* 普奧戰爭 / 普奥战争
* 樞奧 / 枢奥
* 深入堂奧 / 深入堂奥
* 深奧 / 深奥 (shēn'ào)
* 淇奧 / 淇奥
* 潭奧 / 潭奥
* 玄奧 / 玄奥
* 研精覃奧 / 研精覃奥
* 穾奧 / 穾奥
* 精奧 / 精奥
* 貝奧武夫 / 贝奥武夫 (Bèi'àowǔfū)
* 閫奧 / 阃奥

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^1$
*** Yale: yūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊk̚⁵/
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) turbid

#### Compounds

* 奧渫 / 奥渫

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 奥 |
| Kyūjitai | 奧 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 奥)
* heart
* 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)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 奧 (MC 'awH).

#### Hanja

奧 (eumhun 깊을 오 (gipeul o))
* hanja form of 오 (“deep”)

#### Compounds

* 비오 (祕奧, bio, “secrecy”)
* 산간오지 (山間奧地, san'ganoji, “interiors of a mountain”)
* 심오 (深奧, simo, “being profound; abstruse”)
* 오묘 (奧妙, omyo, “profundity; profoundness”)
* 오밀조밀 (奧密稠密, omiljomil, “being elaborate”)
* 오지 (奧地, oji, “remote area”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 奧 / 燠 (MC 'juwk).

#### Hanja

奧 (eumhun 따뜻할 옥 (ttatteuthal ok))
* (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.

## Tày
### Noun

奧 (áo)
* Nôm form of áo (“paternal aunt, younger brother”).
    尋啉奧啉爺Tắm lừm áo lừm déWeaving to the point of forgetting one's uncles

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

奧: Hán Việt readings: áo
奧: Nôm readings: áo
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* Nom Foundation