Chinese symbol for “untamed”
骜
ào
Traditional: 驁
a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong; Taiwan pr. [ao2]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for untamed is 骜 (ào), defined as: a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong; Taiwan pr. [ao2].
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桀骜不驯 (桀驁不馴) | jié ào bù xùn | arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding |
| 桀贪骜诈 (桀貪驁詐) | jié tān ào zhà | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) |
| 桀骜不逊 (桀驁不遜) | jié ào bù xùn | variant of 桀骜不驯 (jié ào bù xùn) |
| 桀骜不顺 (桀驁不順) | jié ào bù shùn | see 桀骜不驯 (jié ào bù xùn) |
| 骥骜 (驥驁) | jì ào | fine horse; thoroughbred |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.