EntryCommonWaniKani 40
  1. Noun

    wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

    Polite (teineigo) language

    奥様にどうかよろしくお伝えください。
    Send my greetings to your wife.

Also written 奥さま【おくさま】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

heart, interior

Kun
おくおく.まるくま
On
オウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1018 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 38

Built from

Used in names as

おおおんのく

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-9-3, 2-10-2, 4-12-4SKIP code
6b6.9The Kanji Dictionary
2743.0Four corner code
863deroo
5965Unicode hex code
1-17-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
240Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1165New Nelson (John Haig)
2824New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3503Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1806Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
928Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
997Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
878A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1798Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
930Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5981Morohashi
1038A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
476Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
484Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1520Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
71Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
419Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
937Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ao4Pinyin reading
o, ugKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
38WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

Kun
さまさん
On
ヨウショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
493 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
4893.2Four corner code
1842deroo
69d8Unicode hex code
1-45-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2341Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2821New Nelson (John Haig)
1052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
969Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1003Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2099Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
309Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15352PMorohashi
407A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
403Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328sakade
641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
430henshall3
429Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216crowley
677Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1110Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
942Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang4Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level