顽 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wán

obstinate

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頑.

Components

页 Meaning component

yè, xié

page

元 Sound component

yuán

first

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

wán

obstinate, stubborn; recalcitrant; mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty

Most common words with 顽

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.8877% of movies

2348th most common character in movies

2024th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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