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頑 means 'stubborn'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1484   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-23    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 32 words   Used in 7 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ガン
Kun    かたく stubborn, foolish, firmly
⿰   origin; original   page  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 頑 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 頑 is used 28 times, read 1 way.
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
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)
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An additional 4 less common words include 頑 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1119  Joy o' Kanji : 1119  Key to Kanji:

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ガン    stubborn   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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