傲睨
ào​nì

disdain

傲 ào proud

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 敖 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

敖
敖 Sound component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːws
Unicodengɑù

說文解字

《說文》：“傲，倨也。从人，敖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

睨 nì look askance at

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

兒
兒 Sound component
r, ér son

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeːs

說文解字

衺視也。从目兒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)