頑
頑 — Stubborn
stubborn, foolish, firmly
On’yomiガン (gan)
Kun’yomiかたくな (katakuna)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 頑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 頑張って | がんばって ganbatte | do your best; go for it; hang in there |
| 頑固 | がんこ ganko | stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded |
| 頑張り | がんばり ganbari | tenacity; endurance |
| 頑な | かたくな katakuna | obstinate; stubborn; mulish |
| 頑丈 | がんじょう ganjou | solid; firm; stout |
| 頑張る | がんばる ganbaru | to persevere; to persist; to keep at it |
Study notes
頑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1247 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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