漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
頑: stubborn, foolish
Also: firmly
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
頁 carries the meaning · 元 gives the sound
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ガンgan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 頑固がんこ
- 頑丈がんじょうsolid; firm; stout
- 頑張りがんばりtenacity; endurance
- 頑張るがんばる
- 頑張ってがんばってdo your best; go for it; hang in there
かたくなkatakuna · kun'yomi · on its own
- 頑なかたくなobstinate; stubborn; mulish
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ガン
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side頑 stubborn · 元
vs頓 suddenly · 屯In ChineseSimplified 顽 · traditional, as in Japanese · wán
Japan keeps the traditional form 頑; mainland China simplifies it to 顽.
- Simplified
- 顽 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 頑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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