傲 (ào) — Chinese Character

傲

ào

proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy

Radical: 亻 HSK 7 g, a, ad pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

傲 decomposes into the following components:

亻敖

Semantic component: 亻; phonetic component: 敖.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 傲.

倨傲

jù ào

傲人

ào rén

傲娇

ào jiāo

傲岸

ào àn

傲慢

ào màn

傲气

ào qì

傲然

ào rán

傲睨

ào nì

傲立

ào lì

傲视

ào shì

傲骨

ào gǔ

冷傲

lěng ào

Characters that share the radical 亻.

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