奥

奧
ào
#970 most
frequent character
obscure, mysterious

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

奥 joins a building shape with an older part that once stood for the sound, juàn, and first named a room's southwest corner. It was once read yuàn. Later the same shape stood for a different word, read ào, meaning obscure or hard to grasp, and that grew into profound.

Drawn as: a room's southwest corner

奥 as a component in other characters

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