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傲 means 'treat someone'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2366   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-45    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 9 words   Used in 11 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゴウ
Additional readings
Kun    おごる to treat (someone); to be proud, to be haughty   あなどる
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Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  敖 play  
See also
奢 treat  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 傲 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 傲 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
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ゴウ : 10 words FIND ALL
ご う ぜ ん 0
proud; arrogant; haughty
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おごる : 1 word FIND ALL
お ご る 0 お ご る 3
Most common form: 奢る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to give (someone) a treat  (esp. 奢る; often written with kana only)
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to be extravagant; to live luxuriously  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 奢 less common words include 傲 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2009  Key to Kanji: - 

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傲
ゴウ    treat someone   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
敖
ゴウ   あそぶ to play   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
攵
ぼく strike   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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