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傲

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

haughty

HSK 7

Abstract →Qualities

ào

ゴウ

おご.る、あなど.る

오

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.

Components

亻 person (side)+ 敖 ramble =

傲 haughty

亻 Meaning component

rén person (side)

亻 is a component form of 人.

敖 Phonetic component

áo ramble

ramble, play about

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

傲

Regular

Modern

Chinese

傲 [ào]

proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (37)

骄傲 [jiāo'ào] #1,358

骄傲 [jiāo'ào] #1,358

傲慢 [àomàn] #5,227

高傲 [gāo'ào] #11,914

自傲 [zì'ào] #23,386

傲气 [àoqì] #35,232

air of arrogance

傲气 [àoqì] #35,232

air of arrogance

傲然 [àorán] #26,683

傲视 [àoshì] #42,462

to turn up one's nose

傲视 [àoshì] #42,462

to turn up one's nose

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JAPANESE WORDS (13)

⭐ 傲慢 [ごうまん] #5,755

傲然 [ごうぜん] #25,854

⭐ 驕る [おごる] #28,861

傲岸不遜 [ごうがんふそん] #33,830

haughty arrogance

驕り [おごり] #34,766

傲岸 [ごうがん] #42,459

おごり高ぶる [おごりたかぶる] #77,241

to act arrogantly

倨傲 [きょごう] #90,977

傲慢不遜 [ごうまんふそん] #112,673

傲慢無礼 [ごうまんぶれい] #141,914

(arrogance and) insolence

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KOREAN WORDS (3)

being obstinate; being headstrong; being unyielding

arrogance; pride