頑

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See also: 顽
頑 U+9811, 頑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9811
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頒 →

Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character

頑 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一山一月金 (MUMBC), four-corner 11286, composition ⿰元頁)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43374
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4359, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9811

Chinese

trad. 頑
simp. 顽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冠 *kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞 *kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘 *ŋkoːnʔ
筦 *ŋkoːnʔ
梡 *ŋ̊ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏 *ŋoːn
刓 *ŋoːn
园 *ŋoːn
忨 *ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿 *ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏 *ŋoːn
玩 *ŋoːns
貦 *ŋoːns
翫 *ŋoːns
妧 *ŋoːns
完 *ɦŋoːn
捖 *ɦŋoːn
垸 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院 *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖 *ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥 *ɦŋoːnʔ
浣 *ɦŋoːnʔ
頑 *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆 *ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇 *ɦŋroːnʔ
元 *ŋon
沅 *ŋon
芫 *ŋon
杬 *ŋon
邧 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮 *ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒 *ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋroːn, *ŋroːn) : phonetic 元 (OC *ŋon, “head”) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

As 元 came to be used to mean “original”, rather than “head”, this character was formed from the original meaning of 元 (“head”) + the semantic element 頁／页 to affirm the “head” meaning, but with the modification in meaning to “an intransigent head”; the head of a heady person.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • goân - literary;
  • oán - vernacular (俗).
Note:
  • nguang5 - Shantou;
  • nguêng5 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 頑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 刪 (70)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五還切
Baxter ngwaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠuan/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋʷᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋwaɨn/
Li
Rong 		/ŋuan/
Wang
Li 		/ŋwan/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋwan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngaan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頑 頑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16138 16139
Phonetic
component 		元 元
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		𤸷
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋroːn/ /*ŋroːn/
Notes 宋跋本王韻吳鰥反

Definitions

頑

  1. obstinate; stubborn; recalcitrant
    頑抗／顽抗  ―  wánkàng  ―  to stubbornly resist
    頑強／顽强  ―  wánqiáng  ―  staunch; tenacious
  2. stupid; ignorant
    頑昧／顽昧  ―  wánmèi  ―  ignorant; benighted
  3. naughty; mischievous
    頑皮／顽皮  ―  wánpí  ―  naughty; mischievous

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

頑

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. stubborn

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Etymology

Kanji in this term
頑
かたくな
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頑 – see the following entry.
【かたくな】
stubborn
Alternative spelling
頑な
(This term, 頑, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

頑 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune–Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頑: Hán Nôm readings: ngoan, ngoãn

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