haughty / arrogant
(literary) haughty; arrogant

倨 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
surname Ju
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 寄居蟹, ji4ju1xie4, a hermite crab.

A ghost is haunting Zeus and the hermite crab in front of the space station. While the hermite crab is able to retreat into the cloister it uses as shell, Zeus can only float away in horror.

Characters with 倨 as component

倨 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 倨

to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

Sentences with 倨

倨 currently does not appear in any sentence.