敖

敖 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土尸人大 (GSOK) or 手尸人大 (QSOK), four-corner 4824₀, composition ⿰⿱士方攵(HTV) or ⿰⿱土方攵(JK) or ⿰𫠤攵(G))

1. leisurely
2. a surname

• 獓 𫍵 傲 厫 骜 𠞪 𠢕 𪧜 㜜 㟼 㠂 㾲 嗷 嗸 嫯 嶅 廒 慠 滶 獒 隞 𡏼 𢕟 𢳆 𪵧 㥿 摮 熬 璈 遨 𢧴 𣊁 𣘢 𤘒 𪉑 𫆰 磝 𥂢 𥨆 𬑞 聱 蔜 螯 𦪈 𧑃 謷 謸 贅 (赘) 鳌 𨄨 𨅚 𨎞 䦋 鏊 𨫼 䫨 𩕀 𩘮 𩪕 𫗺 𫘀 䮯 驁 𩮯 𩱏 䵅 鰲 鷔 𪍮 鼇 𪙠

• 奢

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 471, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13226
• Dae Jaweon: page 824, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1456, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6556

• Unihan data for U+FA90

Originally 𫠤, a pictogram (象形) depicting a person 人 with a headress similar to 屮 and then 丰 and 出 (but unrelated to these character). Later, the person was stylized as a shape similar to 夭 (a young man walking vigorously); 攴 was added next to the pictogram perhaps to convey the concept of authority, making it a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) and transforming it into 𢾍; the man under the headress then become stylized as 方 (or 万 in some fonts). See also 免, 冒, and 美.

As an alternative, according to 季旭昇 Ji Xusheng, it represents a man walking and travelling in the countryside, symbolized by a sprout 屮 on top. See also the original form of 每.

Shuowen Jiezi erroneously interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 出 (“leave”) + 放 (“release”) due to the later stylization.

敖

1. (literary) Original form of 遨 (áo, “to ramble; to play about”).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tease; to joke; to flirt with
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to make an uproar
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) someone who has not assumed the throne, and thus has no posthumous name, due to dying early [Chu]
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) four-chi-high dog
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 廒 (áo, “granary”).
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 螯 (áo, “pincer; nipper; claw”)
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熬 (“to cook on slow fire; to boil”)
9. (historical) An ancient place in the northwest of today Xingyang, Henan.
10. a surname

敖

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傲 (“haughty; arrogant; conceited”)

• “敖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. play
2. be proud

From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngaw); compare Mandarin 敖 (áo):

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 敖 (MC ngawH); compare Mandarin 敖 (ào):

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ごう (gō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: あそぶ (asobu, 敖ぶ)、おごる (ogoru, 敖る)

敖 (eum 오 (o))

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敖: Hán Nôm readings: ngào

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