頑 – stubborn, foolish, firmly

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1247 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 頑 means stubborn, foolish, firmly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガン (gan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かたく.な (katakuna). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガン	gan
Kun’yomi	かたく.な	katakuna

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・頁・儿・二・元.

Words using 頑

頑張るがんばるto persevere頑固がんこstubborn頑丈がんじょうsolid

Example sentences

いや、頑張ればできるよ。

Yes, he can, if he tries hard.

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彼は性質が頑固だ。

He is obstinate in disposition.

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これは掛けるのにたいそう頑丈ないすだ。

This is a very sturdy chair to sit in.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順項願預顧頂顕頻頃

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