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傲
傲
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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)
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
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simp. and trad. |
傲 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
- Wade-Giles: ao4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
- IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngou6
- Yale: ngouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngou6
- IPA (key): /ŋou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| 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 |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋawH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋɑuH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ào |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| 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
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
傲
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Readings
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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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 傲
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (敖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |