傲

傲	U+50B2, 傲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50B2

← 傱
[U+50B1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

傳 →
[U+50B3]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		傲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傲

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Small seal script**
s05711

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L23576	L23575

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
熬	ŋaːw, qaːw
敖	*ŋaːw
嗷	*ŋaːw
螯	*ŋaːw
聱	ŋaːw, ŋraːw, *ŋrɯw
驁	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鰲	*ŋaːw
遨	*ŋaːw
獒	*ŋaːw
滶	*ŋaːw
蔜	*ŋaːw
鷔	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鼇	*ŋaːw
謷	ŋaːw, ŋaːws, *ŋraːw
嶅	*ŋaːw
嗸	*ŋaːw
摮	*ŋaːw
嫯	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
鏊	ŋaːw, ŋaːws
傲	*ŋaːws
磝	*ŋraːw

人 + 敖. 人 deformed into 亻.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ngō͘ / gō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ao⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngou⁶
  - Yale: ngouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō
  - Tâi-lô: gō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /go²²/

Middle Chinese: /ŋɑu^H/▼

Rime
Character	傲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaw^H/
Li Rong	/ŋɑu^H/
Wang Li	/ŋɑu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ào

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傲
Reading #	1/1
No.	58
Phonetic component	敖
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傲
Old Chinese	/*ŋaːws/

Definitions

傲

arrogant; proud; haughty; disdainful; supercilious

驕傲 / 骄傲 ― jiāoào ― arrogant; conceited; proud

傲慢 ― àomàn ― arrogant; haughty; supercilious
- 人不可有傲氣，但不可無傲骨。 [MSC, trad.]
  人不可有傲气，但不可无傲骨。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: a saying of Xu Beihong
  Rén bùkě yǒu àoqì, dàn bùkě wú àogǔ. [Pinyin]
  One should not be arrogant, but should not lack pride in oneself.
^† to despise; to look down on
- 數加嚴令而不致其刑，則民傲罪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  数加严令而不致其刑，则民傲罪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE
  Shù jiā yán lìng ér bù zhì qí xíng, zé mín ào zuì. [Pinyin]
  ...and if he issues one severe order after another, but does not apply the penalties, people will despise the death-penalty. (translation by J.J.L. Duyvendak)
^† impetuous
^† stubborn
^† to bend (one's body)
A surname.

Compounds

倨傲 (jù'ào)
傲人
傲嬌／傲娇 (àojiāo)
傲岸 (ào'àn)
傲岸不群
傲慢 (àomàn)
傲氣／傲气 (àoqì)
傲然 (àorán)
傲睨
傲立
傲自

傲視／傲视 (àoshì)
傲遊／傲游
傲骨 (àogǔ)
兀傲
冷傲
嘯傲／啸傲
執傲／执傲
孤傲 (gū'ào)
居功自傲
引以為傲／引以为傲
心高氣傲／心高气傲 (xīngāoqì'ào)

恃才傲物
狂傲
秋菊傲霜
自傲 (zì'ào)
輕世傲物／轻世傲物
違傲／违傲
驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
驕傲自大／骄傲自大
驕傲自滿／骄傲自满
高傲 (gāo'ào)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): áo (ao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄠˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: áo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ao²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aur
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

傲

^† Alternative form of 遨 (áo, “to ramble; to stroll”).
^† Alternative form of 熬 (áo, “to endure; to get through”).

Japanese

Kanji

傲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

be proud

Readings

On (unclassified): ごう (gō, Jōyō)
Kun: おごる (ogoru, 傲る); あなどる (anadoru, 傲る)

Compounds

傲骨
傲世
傲然
傲霜
傲慢
傲遊

Korean

Hanja

傲 • (o) (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune–Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Vietnamese

Han character

傲 (ngạo, nghệu, ngáo, ngão)

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