entries → 頑
TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
頑 =
ㄨㄢˊ · wán
adj — stubborn, obstinate; mischievous, naughty

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a head
yuán — gives the sound
IFyuán → wán — the initial drops and the rhyme reshapes
A head (頁) with 元 yuán giving the sound, worn toward wán. A head that will not turn, a block that takes no shape: stubborn, obstinate (頑固). The same unbending energy in a child reads as mischievous (頑皮).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

那顆頭()梗著脖子,怎麼勸都不肯轉一下。
The head (頁) sets its neck and will not turn a hair, however hard you push.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)頑固、頑強— stubborn, obstinate常用
頑皮— mischievous, naughty
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension