What is the Kanji for "Deep inside", "Back", and "Interior"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Deep inside", "Back", and "Interior", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Deep inside", "Back", and "Interior" is "奥".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Oku".

Its onyomi reading is "Ou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "米" means "Rice" and can be read as "Mai", "Bei", and "Kome". And The kanji "大" means "Big" and can be read as "Oo", "Dai", and "Tai".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "奥" mean in japanese?

"奥" means "Deep inside", "Back", and "Interior".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

奥: "Back". The Japanese noun '奥 (おく)' means 'back'. This word refers to the rear or innermost part of a space, such as the back of a room or the deepest part of a cave. It can also be used to describe the more private or secluded areas of something. For example: At the back of the store - (店の奥). In the deepest recesses - (奥深く).

奥さん: "Wife". The Japanese noun '奥さん (おくさん)' means 'wife'. This word is used to refer to one's own wife. It is a respectful term that implies the wife is the one who runs the household. For example: My wife is at home - (私の奥さんは家にいます). The wife prepared dinner - (奥さんが夕食を用意した).

奥様: "Wife". The noun '奥様 (おくさま)' means 'wife'. This term is a polite way to refer to one's own wife or another person's wife. It conveys respect and formality. For example: My wife is at home - (私の奥様は家にいます). The president's wife attended the event - (大統領の奥様がその行事に出席しました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "お" is read as "o". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "く" is read as "ku".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.