Question

頑 かたく 頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy頑張る(がんばる): (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge頑丈(がんじょう): solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy S 元: beginning; former time; origin頁: page; leaf 頁 9 (none) stubborn Picture a STUBBORN schoolboy, with his arms crossed and his book still open to the BEGINNING PAGE. Despite the teacher telling him to turn the page, he refuses and keeps his book on the BEGINNING PAGE.

Accepted Answer

ガン stubborn, foolish, firmly 1 1247 13 181 おおがい・いちのかい 形声 Phonetic A stubborn person in the beginning gets something into their head and can´t change their mind.

Kanji	頑
Onyomi	ガン
Kunyomi	かたく
English	stubborn, foolish, firmly
Examples	頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy 頑張る(がんばる): (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion) (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge 頑丈(がんじょう): solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1247
Components	元: beginning; former time; origin 頁: page; leaf
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	頁
Radical Number	181
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	おおがい・いちのかい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	stubborn
Koohii Story 1	A stubborn person in the beginning gets something into their head and can´t change their mind.
Koohii Story 2	Picture a STUBBORN schoolboy, with his arms crossed and his book still open to the BEGINNING PAGE. Despite the teacher telling him to turn the page, he refuses and keeps his book on the BEGINNING PAGE.

Stubborn Beginning One's Stick Book Page 頑 ガン

Stubborn Beginning One's Stick Book Page 頑ガン