Memory phrase for the character: 奥

奥

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Meaning

inner part, core, wife

Pronunciation

Ō
oku

Explanation

 From top: var. of building/roof 宀, rice 米, big 大

Mnemonic
 
In the building is rice in big volumes, namely in its inner part (where the wife is).

Radicals

大 bigA person 人 with outstretched arms 一 and the legs apart appears big.
米 riceThe rice plant has this radical: 禾




 Vocabulary

奥 おく  interior, inner part
奥さん おくさん  (hon) wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam
奥歯 おくば  back tooth; molar
奥行き おくゆき  depth (of a building)

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