奥(ào)

HSK 7-912 strokesTrad. 奧
Readingsàoyù

(bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奥地利)

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Character information

Pinyin
ào / yù
Meaning
(bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奥地利); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克)
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
奧

Origin & structure

Where 奥 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿵宀米大

A person 大 discovering a house 宀 full of rice 米

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

宀mián米mǐ大dà

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 奧: A person 大 discovering a house full of rice 釆

How to write 奥 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 奥

Common words using 奥 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

ào奥mì秘
HSK 7-9

secret

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shēn深ào奥
HSK 7-9

profound

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ào奥yùn运huì会
HSK 7-9

Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会)

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ào奥dīng丁

Odin (god in Norse mythology)

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ào奥shén什

Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)

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ào奥guó国

Austria

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ào奥miào妙

marvelous

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ào奥tuō托

Otto

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秘深运会丁什国妙

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