U+5965 "奥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
奥
U+5965 "奥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "deep," "profound," or "mysterious," and it is commonly used in words like "奥秘" (secret or mystery) and "奥义" (esoteric meaning or deep principle). In Japanese, it is also significant as the kanji "奥" which can denote the inner part of a house, a remote or secluded area, or the concept of "inner" or "back" as in "奥さん" (someone's wife). This character has been present in Chinese writing for centuries, originating from ancient script forms where it conveyed a sense of hidden depth or interiority, and it continues to be a standard component in modern East Asian languages, often appearing in contexts related to esoteric knowledge or physically interior spaces.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5965 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 奥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 奥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA5 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5965 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005965 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5965 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | HBK |
| kCantonese | ou3 |
| kDefinition | mysterious, obscure, profound |
| kEACC | 4B393E |
| kFanqie | 烏到 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2743.0 |
| kGB0 | 1634 |
| kGB1 | 1634 |
| kHanYu | 10545.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10545.070:ào,yù,yōu |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10545.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0253.151 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3042 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-9BCD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-317C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3CC0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2B5D |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-3679 |
| kJapanese | オウ イク ユウ サン オク おく |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kTGH | 2013:2701 |
| kJapaneseKun | OKU KUMA |
| kJapaneseOn | OU |
| kJis0 | 1792 |
| kKangXi | 0253.151 |
| kKorean | O WUK |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1159 |
| kMandarin | ào |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009524 MJ009524:E0101 MJ009525:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 05981 05981:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0240 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1310+37.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 37.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 005.190:ào |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "奧" U+5967 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0012.090:ào |