Read Edit View history 奧 àoào mysterious Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two hands (廾) hiding rice (米) in a corner or a container. Based on the original meaning "to store". The meaning later shifted to "obscure", "profound", and "mysterious". Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 奥 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hidden corner or a container. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 奧 Simp strokes 奧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts grains of rice. Modern form looks like 釆. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 奧 Simp strokes 奧 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts two hands. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 奧 Simp strokes 奧 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 奧 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 480, 869 ], [ 492, 861 ], [ 507, 833 ], [ 402, 712 ] ], [ [ 280, 709 ], [ 304, 686 ], [ 316, 632 ], [ 318, 497 ], [ 307, 380 ], [ 311, 336 ] ], [ [ 328, 699 ], [ 349, 686 ], [ 378, 688 ], [ 677, 742 ], [ 693, 739 ], [ 715, 723 ], [ 738, 697 ], [ 728, 578 ], [ 728, 383 ], [ 719, 318 ] ], [ [ 589, 663 ], [ 550, 673 ], [ 502, 648 ], [ 430, 629 ] ], [ [ 387, 586 ], [ 428, 561 ], [ 443, 539 ] ], [ [ 627, 629 ], [ 638, 607 ], [ 576, 548 ] ], [ [ 376, 478 ], [ 408, 477 ], [ 600, 513 ], [ 648, 509 ] ], [ [ 482, 629 ], [ 516, 601 ], [ 507, 412 ], [ 512, 335 ] ], [ [ 489, 470 ], [ 453, 422 ], [ 396, 369 ], [ 364, 353 ] ], [ [ 572, 437 ], [ 625, 398 ], [ 636, 379 ] ], [ [ 95, 204 ], [ 128, 190 ], [ 160, 185 ], [ 439, 226 ], [ 858, 258 ], [ 940, 227 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472 863 Q 478 836 397 719 Q 393 709 396 706 C 397 698 397 698 409 708 Z", "M 321 702 Q 303 715 283 720 Q 274 721 269 713 Q 266 709 273 699 Q 309 633 291 447 Q 276 393 282 371 Q 292 343 302 331 Q 312 319 321 332 Q 343 363 339 535 Q 338 635 339 668 C 339 690 339 690 321 702 Z", "M 339 668 Q 346 668 354 669 Q 516 705 633 721 Q 675 728 687 706 Q 703 685 701 616 Q 701 418 690 381 Q 683 357 695 335 Q 708 305 718 306 Q 733 307 749 340 Q 765 365 764 387 Q 754 475 759 612 Q 759 652 782 686 Q 794 702 785 714 Q 757 741 705 763 Q 689 770 663 761 Q 576 727 409 708 L 396 706 Q 356 703 321 702 C 291 701 309 664 339 668 Z", "M 510 635 Q 541 648 584 654 Q 594 653 598 658 Q 601 664 594 672 Q 560 702 538 702 Q 534 701 532 693 Q 528 669 413 627 Q 409 623 413 620 Q 432 620 473 629 Q 474 630 476 629 L 510 635 Z", "M 397 563 Q 433 527 444 528 Q 451 528 454 537 Q 457 546 451 565 Q 444 583 394 594 Q 384 595 380 594 Q 376 593 377 583 Q 380 576 397 563 Z", "M 613 607 Q 600 586 572 553 Q 568 549 571 544 Q 575 543 581 545 Q 635 579 661 592 Q 673 595 671 602 Q 667 612 654 625 Q 642 638 627 639 Q 617 639 617 626 Q 618 617 613 607 Z", "M 525 482 Q 589 492 643 499 Q 664 502 657 513 Q 647 526 625 531 Q 595 537 527 516 L 495 510 Q 432 498 375 487 Q 360 484 378 470 Q 391 460 417 465 Q 442 469 468 472 L 525 482 Z", "M 495 448 Q 489 355 499 338 L 500 336 Q 507 326 517 331 Q 523 337 524 443 Q 524 462 525 482 L 527 516 Q 530 571 546 599 Q 550 606 542 616 Q 527 628 510 635 C 483 648 462 656 476 629 Q 476 628 478 625 Q 494 600 495 510 L 495 448 Z", "M 468 472 Q 429 409 362 358 Q 355 351 360 349 Q 370 345 409 365 Q 419 371 488 439 Q 492 446 495 448 C 522 477 488 504 468 472 Z", "M 566 425 Q 615 368 636 365 Q 646 364 652 380 Q 653 390 646 407 Q 637 422 616 430 Q 585 445 570 447 Q 563 448 562 439 Q 561 432 566 425 Z", "M 516 212 Q 714 240 922 213 Q 944 210 951 218 Q 958 231 947 244 Q 919 272 875 292 Q 860 299 835 291 Q 789 278 728 271 Q 610 261 512 251 L 446 245 Q 350 236 277 227 Q 174 214 98 216 Q 85 217 83 205 Q 82 193 101 178 Q 117 165 150 153 Q 159 150 177 157 Q 262 190 442 206 L 516 212 Z", "M 512 251 Q 516 272 523 281 Q 530 288 524 299 Q 518 306 487 319 Q 453 337 436 330 Q 423 324 434 306 Q 444 276 446 245 L 442 206 Q 420 92 321 36 Q 278 8 167 -30 Q 139 -40 170 -44 Q 261 -47 375 16 Q 393 28 409 42 Q 463 91 497 193 L 512 251 Z", "M 497 193 Q 692 -39 743 -51 Q 812 -61 917 -45 Q 936 -44 939 -38 Q 940 -31 925 -24 Q 742 45 700 71 Q 601 137 567 166 Q 536 196 516 212 C 493 231 478 216 497 193 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.