Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Character: jiao
Kangxi Stroke Count: 16
Page 402, Entry 07
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiao.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Rime Gathering (Yunhui): Pronounced jiao.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): To be indulgent; to be arrogant.
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): To pity; to be unrestrained.
In the Inscription on the Wine Vessel of King Wu of Zhou (Zhouwuwang Shangdou Ming): Warn against arrogance, for arrogance leads to flight.
It is also commonly written as jiao.
Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): Arrogant, luxurious, licentious, and excessive.
Commentary (Shu): Arrogance refers to relying on oneself to bully others.
It is also commonly written as jiao.
Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music (Yueji): The music of Qi is defiant and arrogant in spirit.
Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xiao. The meaning is the same.
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiao.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): xu-jiao means to be high and looking upward.
Rime Gathering (Yunhui): Pronounced yao. Refers to a petty person who has achieved their ambitions.