Hanja Analyzer
頑

頑 — wan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
완고할 완
Romanization
wan
English
obstinate, stubborn; recalcitrant
Mandarin
wán
Japanese on'yomi
ガン
Japanese kun'yomi
かたく.な
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,247 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
頁 (181, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+9811

Parts that make up 頑

  • 元 으뜸 원 사람 위에 얹힌 머리으뜸. ‘원·완’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 頑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 元, 頁.

Korean example words with 頑

  • 완벽頑癖 Korean gloss: 완고한 버릇
  • 흉완凶頑 Korean gloss: 흉악하고 모짊
  • 완적頑敵 Korean gloss: 완강하게 버티는 적
  • 완강頑剛 Korean gloss: 기질이 꿋꿋하고 곧으며 고집이 셈
  • 완명頑命 Korean gloss: 죽지 않고 모질게 살아 있는 목숨
  • 완한頑漢 Korean gloss: 성질이 억세게 고집스럽고 사나운 사람
  • 완민頑民 Korean gloss: 완고한 백성이라는 뜻으로, 새로운 통치에 잘 따르지 아니하는 백성
  • 완신하다頑信 Korean gloss: 굳게 믿다
  • 명완하다冥頑 Korean gloss: 사리에 어둡고 완고하다
  • 완명하다頑冥 Korean gloss: 고집이 세고 사리에 어둡다
  • 완로하다頑魯 Korean gloss: 고집이 세고 둔하며 어리석다
  • 완만스럽다頑慢 Korean gloss: 성질이 모질고 거만한 데가 있다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 頑

  • 頑張ってがんばって do your best; go for it; hang in there
  • 頑固がんこ stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
  • 頑張りがんばり tenacity; endurance
  • 頑なかたくな obstinate; stubborn; mulish
  • 頑張るがんばる to persevere; to persist; to keep at it
  • 頑丈がんじょう solid; firm; stout
  • 頑強がんきょう stubborn; dogged; persistent
  • 頑としてがんとして stubbornly; firmly; determinedly
  • 頑健がんけん robust; fit and healthy; strong
  • 頑迷がんめい bigoted; obstinate; stubborn
  • 頑愚がんぐ obstinate and foolish
  • 頑然がんぜん resolute; obstinate; stubborn

Other hanja read “완”

Other hanja with radical 頁

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