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Kanji Detail for 傲 - "arrogant, proud"

傲

  • Meaning

    傲 means "arrogant, proud." Also associated with to despise.

    1. Arrogant - Proud; haughty.

    2. Proud - Having self-respect; confident.

    3. Despise - To look down on; to scorn.

  • Words using 傲

    • 傲慢 ごうまん Listen haughty; arrogant; insolent

  • Four-character idioms with 傲

    • 傲岸不遜 ごうがんふそん Listen haughty arrogance
    • 傲岸無礼 ごうがんぶれい Listen arrogance
    • 傲慢不遜 ごうまんふそん Listen haughty; arrogant; overbearing
    • 傲慢無礼 ごうまんぶれい Listen (arrogance and) insolence

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    • Verified meaning: arrogant, proud
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to despise

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    be proud

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    proud, haughty, overbearing

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    proud, haughty, overbearing

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Haughty. Such as 驕傲 (arrogant), 傲慢 (haughty).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    anado.ru(あなど-る) あなど-る

    ogo.ru(おご-る) おご-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    arrogant to despise proud enjoy pride arrogance haughtiness conceit haughty contempt disdain scorn pompous superiority swagger

Sentences including 傲

  • I can't stand his arrogance any longer.

  • No woman is as arrogant as she is.

  • I cannot stand his arrogance any longer.

  • When he was young , he had an arrogant air.

  • I can't do with his arrogance.

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