顽wán
stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate. 10 strokes, radical 页, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 顽
Strokes 1–4 write 元, then strokes 5–10 write 页.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 顽 · the stroke-order rules
What 顽 is made of
元 (yuán, first) and 页 (yè, page).
页 carries the meaning — head — and 元 carries the sound.
Words that use 顽
| 顽皮 | naughty, mischievous 指爱闹爱玩、不听话 童话里的王子有些顽皮。The young royal in the fairy tale was rather mischievous. Lesson 657, 王子故事 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
| 顽强 | tenacious, dogged 指坚持不放弃 王后却教他做事要顽强。His mother taught him to be tenacious in what he did. Lesson 657, 王子故事 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
Characters that share the sound part 元
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 页
All 14 of them, and what the radical means, on the 页 radical page.