頑

頑 U+9811, 頑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9811 ← 預 [U+9810] CJK Unified Ideographs 頒 → [U+9812]

See also: 顽

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

頑 (radical 181 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一山一月金 (MUMBC), four-corner 1128₆, composition ⿰元頁)

1. obstinate, stubborn
2. recalcitrant

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1401, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43374
• Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4359, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9811

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ChineseEdit

trad.		頑
simp.		顽

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (元) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
冠	*kŋoːn, *kŋoːns
莞	*kŋoːn, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋroːnʔ
脘	*ŋkoːnʔ
筦	*ŋkoːnʔ
梡	*ŋ̥ʰoːnʔ, *ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
岏	*ŋoːn
刓	*ŋoːn
园	*ŋoːn
忨	*ŋoːn, *ŋoːns
蚖	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
黿	*ŋoːn, *ŋon
抏	*ŋoːn
玩	*ŋoːns
貦	*ŋoːns
翫	*ŋoːns
妧	*ŋoːns
完	*ɦŋoːn
捖	*ɦŋoːn
垸	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːns
綄	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋoːnʔ
院	*ɦŋoːn, *ɦŋons
皖	*ɦŋoːnʔ, *ɦŋroːnʔ
晥	*ɦŋoːnʔ
浣	*ɦŋoːnʔ
頑	*ŋroːn, *ŋroːn
睆	*ɦŋroːnʔ
鯇	*ɦŋroːnʔ
元	*ŋon
沅	*ŋon
芫	*ŋon
杬	*ŋon
邧	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
阮	*ŋon, *ŋonʔ
俒	*ɦŋuːn, *ɦŋuːns

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wán (wan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): goân / oán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wan²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wan
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴
    • Yale: wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɑːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân
    • Tâi-lô: guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /guan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /guan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /guan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán
    • Tâi-lô: uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• goân - literary;
• oán - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠuan/▼

Rime
Character	頑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五還切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋuan/
Wang Li	/ŋwan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wán

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋroːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頑	頑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	16138	16139
Phonetic component	元	元
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		𤸷
Old Chinese	/*ŋroːn/	/*ŋroːn/
Notes	宋跋本王韻吳鰥反

DefinitionsEdit

頑

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

頑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. stubborn

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: げん (gen)
• Kan’on: がん (gan)
• Kun: かたく (kataku), かたくな (katakuna)

Derived termsEdit

• 頑張 (がんば)る (ganbaru)
• 頑張 (がんば)って (ganbatte)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

頑 • (wan) (hangeul 완, revised wan, McCune-Reischauer wan, Yale wan)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

頑 (ngoan, ngoãn)

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