wán
adjective #40,798

Meanings

  1. 1 mischievous
  2. 2 stubborn
  3. 3 naughty

Examples

Wángù
stubborn; obstinate
Wánpí
naughty; mischievous

Tips

memory
(origin) + (head) — a hardheaded person, i.e. stubborn

Components

radical
head; page
Right side — pictograph of a prominent head and face, the head radical. Carries the meaning of : stubbornness lives in the head, an unyielding mind, a thick skull that refuses to bend. Sits with turn-head, pause, praise, inscribe — all built on the face-forward shape that marks acts and states of the head.
phonetic
yuán
origin; first (here phonetic)
Left side supplies the sound — yuán shifting to wán, a regular y/w glide alternation in the same series as vs wán. 's 'origin, primary' meaning has no semantic role in ; pure phonetic. Same phonetic family includes play, complete, courtyard — all wan/yuan readers.

Stroke Order

wán