Hai Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Carriage (chē)
Ao
Kangxi strokes: 21
Page 1444, Entry 18
Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Rime Meeting (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ao.
Guangyun: A fine horse. Also, a horse that is proud and untamed.
Zhuangzi, External Things: Master Laolai said to Confucius, If one cannot bear the suffering of a single generation yet is arrogant toward the disasters of ten thousand generations, is this due to innate poverty, or is it that one has forgotten their strategy and failed to attain it? Commentary: It does not say arrogantly ignoring and causing the disasters of ten thousand generations, but simply says arrogant toward the disasters of ten thousand generations; this is a method of simplifying characters in ancient texts.
History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Dou Ying: The various lords gradually withdrew themselves and became lazy and arrogant.
Also, Ao Xia, the name of a musical movement. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Master of Bells: For all musical events, use bells and drums to perform the nine Xia pieces, namely Wangxia, Sixia, Zhaoxia, Naxia, Zhangxia, Qixia, Zuxia, Gaixia, and Aoxia.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ao. The meaning is the same.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ao. Proud and arrogant; the manner in which a horse walks.