wán
adjective #40,798

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Zhège háizi hěn wánpí, yì kè yě zuò bù zhù.
This child is naughty and never sits still.
HSK 7-9
Tā wángù de jiù guānniàn hěn nán gǎibiàn.
His stubborn old views are hard to change.

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.
phonetic
yuán
origin; first
Left side supplies the sound - yuán shifting to wán, a regular y/w glide alternation. Its 'origin, primary' meaning has no semantic role in ; pure phonetic. Same phonetic family includes play, complete, courtyard.

Stroke Order

wán