Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.
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夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頭 head (trad/jp)頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頒 promulgate (trad/jp)頓 pause (trad/jp)
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頑
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
顽 / 頑 [wán]
mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty
Japanese
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (17)
顽强 [wánqiáng] #12,257
tenacious
顽固 [wángù] #6,579
stubborn
顽皮 [wánpí] #16,280
naughty
顽童 [wántóng] #26,691
urchin
顽疾 [wánjí] #60,697
ineradicable disease
顽症 [wánzhèng] #30,667
stubborn illness
顽劣 [wánliè] #44,675
stubborn and obstreperous
冥顽不灵 [míngwánbùlíng] #57,703
stupid
冥顽 [míngwán] #50,591
stupid
凶顽 [xiōngwán] #59,930
fierce and uncontrollable
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JAPANESE WORDS (32)
⭐ 頑張る [がんばる] #549
to persevere
⭐ 頑丈 [がんじょう] #5,447
solid
⭐ 頑固 [がんこ] #6,548
stubborn
⭐ 頑な [かたくな] #8,991
obstinate
⭐ 頑張り [がんばり] #15,298
tenacity
⭐ 頑強 [がんきょう] #18,137
stubborn
頑として [がんとして] #20,133
stubbornly
頑固者 [がんこもの] #34,460
stubborn person
頑健 [がんけん] #37,741
robust
もうひと頑張り [もうひとがんばり] #49,311
an extra effort
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