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The character 奧 (traditional) is an ideogrammic compound depicting the southwest corner of a house. It combines the roof radical 宀 (mián) above a complex lower section, which includes elements representing hands and an enclosed space. In ancient Chinese domestic and religious practice, this corner was the most private and sacred area of a dwelling, used for worship rituals. The simplified form 奥 maintains this overall structure while standardizing the internal components. Its meaning evolved from this physical sense of a deeply hidden interior to abstract concepts: obscure, profound, concealed, difficult to understand, or esoteric.
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奥运会每四年举行一次。
宇宙有很多奥秘。
这个游戏很奥妙。
奥地利在欧洲中部。
他擅长做奥数题。
这本书阐述了人生的奥义。
他的学问奥博难懂。
这篇论文深入探讨了哲学的奥旨。