Japanese Kanji for Otaku?

[kakoi_sugoi_yama]

Sorry, I was in such a rush earlier that I didn't paste the link.

The word "otaku" stems from the japanese word for house which is taku seen here:

http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearc...I=on&IK=on



Add the honorific O:

http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearc...I=on&IK=on


And you have the word otaku, which is the honorific way of saying house. It wasn't until recently that the katakana "spelling" of otaku came into practice. Hope that helps.