漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
傲: be proud
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 亻person(meaning)
- 敖(form)
亻 carries the meaning · 敖 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ゴウgou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 傲慢ごうまんhaughty; arrogant; insolent
- 傲岸ごうがんhaughty; arrogant; supercilious
- 傲然ごうぜんproud; arrogant; haughty
Also read おごる, あなどる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ゴウ
12 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · ào
Same form: 傲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 傲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 傲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin ào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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