U+50B2, 傲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50B2

[U+50B1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+50B3]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

  1. proud, haughty, overbearing

References edit

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

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   



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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋaːws): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːw).

Pronunciation 1 edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋawH/
Li
Rong
/ŋɑuH/
Wang
Li
/ŋɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 58
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋaːws/

Definitions edit

  1. arrogant; proud; haughty; disdainful; supercilious
      ―  jiāo'ào  ―  arrogant; conceited; proud
      ―  àomàn  ―  arrogant; haughty; supercilious
  2. to despise; to look down on
  3. impetuous
  4. stubborn
  5. to bend (one's body)
  6. a surname

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit


Definitions edit

  1. Alternative form of (áo, to ramble; to stroll)
  2. Alternative form of (to endure; to get through)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. be proud

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (o))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ngạo, nghệu, ngáo, ngão

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