ào

arrogant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːws
Unicodengɑ̀u

說文解字

嫚也。从𦣻从夰,夰亦聲。《虞書》曰:“若丹朱奡。”讀若傲。《論語》:“奡湯舟。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica