傲 means “arrogant, proud”

ごう · gou

Also: be proud

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

おごる, あなどる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゴウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A person (亻) beside earth (土) over every direction (方) and a hand with a stick (攵): picture someone swaggering across the land, waving others aside. 傲 lives in 傲慢, arrogance, and the sterner 傲岸不遜, too proud to bow to anyone.

Used in 傲慢 (gouman, arrogance) and 傲岸不遜 (gougan fuson, haughty and insolent)

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• 弊 harm
• 癖 habit
• 卑 lowly
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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.