顽症

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

症 zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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)