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wán

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wán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wán | wan2
English translation
stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate

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About wán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

wán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Etymology of wán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

元頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Yuán represents the sound. Simplified form of wán .

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Words with wán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
顽强 wánqiáng tenacious頑強
顽固 wángù stubborn頑固
顽皮 wán pí naughty頑皮
顽童 wán tóng urchin頑童
wán mischievous wán
顽疾 wán jí ineradicable disease頑疾
顽症 wán zhèng stubborn illness頑症
顽劣 wán liè stubborn and obstreperous頑劣
冥顽不灵 míng wán bù líng stupid冥頑不靈
冥顽 míng wán stupid冥頑
凶顽 xiōng wán fierce and uncontrollable兇頑
愚顽 yú wán ignorant and stubborn愚頑
顽匪 wán fěi gangster頑匪
顽民 wán mín unruly people頑民
顽梗 wán gěng obstinate頑梗
顽钝 wán dùn stupid頑鈍

wán Decomposition & Compounds

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