顽
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mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 頁 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 頑
- Common rank
- #2,479
- Unicode
- U+987D
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 顽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老顽固 | (derog.) old-fashioned and stubborn person; stick in the mud | |
| 死顽固 | very stubborn; very stubborn person; die-hard | |
| 冥顽不灵 | (idiom) pigheaded | |
| 顽民 | unruly people; rebellious subjects; disloyal citizens | |
| 顽皮 | naughty | |
| 顽症 | see 頑疾|顽疾[wan2 ji2] | |
| 顽强 | tenacious; hard to defeat | |
| 思想顽钝 | blunt thinking; apathy | |
| 顽固 | stubborn; obstinate | |
| 顽童 | urchin | |
| 凶顽 | fierce and uncontrollable | |
| 负隅顽抗 | (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admi… | |
| 顽疾 | stubborn illness; chronic disease; (fig.) deep-seated problem; systemic issue | |
| 顽梗 | obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed | |
| 愚顽 | ignorant and stubborn | |
| 冥顽 | stupidly obstinate | |
| 顽匪 | gangster; bandit | |
| 顽劣 | stubborn and obstreperous; naughty and mischievous | |
| 顽钝 | blunt (instrument); stupid; thick-headed |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 元 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元 sound part | first; dollar; origin; head | |
| 远 | distant, remote, far; profound | |
| 园 | garden, park; orchard | |
| 玩 | to play with, to joke, to entertain | |
| 完 | to complete, to finish, to settle; whole | |
| 沅 | a river in western Hunan | |
| 阮 | ancient musical instrument; surname | |
| 芫 | a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa | |
| 朊 | protein | |
| 蚖 | salamander, newt | |
| 鼋 | large turtle, sea turtle |