傲

Translingual

Etymology

人 + 敖

Han character

傲 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人土尸大 (OGSK), 人手尸大 (OQSK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿰亻敖)

1. proud, haughty, overbearing

References

• KangXi: page 114, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1015
• Dae Jaweon: page 242, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 199, character 6
• Unihan data for U+50B2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

傲 (jyutping ngou6, Yale ngou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

傲

Readings

• On: ごう (gō)
• Kun: おごる (ogoru), あなどる (anadoru)

Compounds

• 傲骨
• 傲世
• 傲然
• 傲霜
• 傲慢
• 傲遊

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Korean

Hanja

傲 (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

傲 (pinyin ào (ao4), Wade-Giles ao⁴)

Compounds

• 傲骨
• 傲然
• 傲慢
• 傲遊
• 傲氣
• 傲嬌

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Middle Chinese

Han character

傲 (ngɑù)

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Vietnamese

Han character

傲 (ngạo, nghệu, ngáo, ngão)