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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1247 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: stubborn, foolish, firmly

Kunyomi: かたく.な

Onyomi: ガン

Composition: 元 頁

頑

Radical

Radical: 頁

Meaning: leaf

Reading: おおがい

Frequency: 372

頁

Examples

Onyomi Examples

頑張って (ガンバッテ) do your best, go for it, hang in there, keep at it

頑固 (ガンコ) stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded

Kunyomi Examples

頑な (かたくな) obstinate, stubborn, mulish, die-hard, bigoted

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