Hanja Analyzer
驕

驕 — gyo, hyo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
교만할 교, 부리 짧은 사냥개 효
Romanization
gyo, hyo
English
spirited horse; haughty
Mandarin
jiāo
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ク
Japanese kun'yomi
おご.る
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
22
Radical
馬 (187, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
喬(교)
Unicode
U+9A55

Parts that make up 驕

  • 馬 말 마 갈기와 네 다리말과 말을 부리는 일
  • 喬 높을 교sound 높을 고(高)에서 갈라져 나온 글자‘교’ 계열의 소리

How 驕 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 驕 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 馬, 喬.

Korean example words with 驕

  • 교타驕惰 Korean gloss: 교만하고 게으름
  • 교앙驕昻 Korean gloss: 잘난 체하며 뽐내고 건방짐
  • 교기驕氣 Korean gloss: 남을 업신여기고 잘난 체하며 뽐내는 태도
  • 교병驕兵 Korean gloss: 싸움에 이기고 승리감에 빠져 뽐내는 군사
  • 교오하다驕傲 Korean gloss: 교만하고 건방지다
  • 교만하다驕慢 Korean gloss: 잘난 체하며 뽐내고 건방지다
  • 교티驕티 Korean gloss: 교만한 태도나 기색
  • 교만심驕慢心 Korean gloss: 자기 자신을 뽐내고 잘난 척하는 마음. 스스로를 낮출 줄 모르는 데에서 나온다
  • 교동驕童 Korean gloss: 교만한 아이.
  • 교신驕臣 Korean gloss: 교만한 신하.
  • 교인驕人 Korean gloss: 교만한 사람.
  • 교지驕志 Korean gloss: 교만한 마음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 驕

  • 驕児きょうじ spoiled child; spoilt child
  • 驕傲きょうごう pride; arrogance
  • 驕奢きょうしゃ luxury; extravagance
  • 驕恣きょうし being proud and self-willed
  • 驕慢きょうまん arrogance; haughtiness; pride
  • 驕りおごり arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
  • 驕るおごる to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant
  • 驕兵必敗きょうへいひっぱい defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall
  • 勝って驕らず負けて腐らずかっておごらずまけてくさらず in victory, remember your humility; in defeat, remember your fighting spirit

Characters sharing the phonetic 喬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “교” in Korean.

Other hanja read “교”

Other hanja with radical 馬

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