The kanji 頑: meaning, readings and stroke order

頑

Meaning: stubborn, persistent
On reading: ガン gan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 頁 leaf
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cứng đầu, kiên trì (ngoan)
Japanese: かたくなでがんこ。まけずにがんばる。
Korean: 완고하다, 끈질기다 (완)
Chinese: 顽固、坚持 (顽)

Readings, words and example sentences

ガン gan · on reading · less common

頑がん固こ
stubborn
祖父は 頑がん固こな人です。
My grandfather is a stubborn person.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.