顽劣
wán​liè

unruly

顽 wán obstinate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound. Simplified form of 頑.

Components

页
页 Meaning component
yè page
元
元 Sound component
yuán first

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劣 liè bad

Phonosemantic compound. 少 represents the meaning and 力 represents the sound.

Components

少
少 Meaning component
shǎo, shao, shào few
力
力 Sound component
lì, li power

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrod
Unicodeliuɛt

說文解字

弱也。从力少聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

頑 wán obstinate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Components

頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page
元
元 Sound component
yuán first

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋroːn
ŋroːn
Unicodenguan

說文解字

㮯頭也。从頁元聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)