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The character "顽" originates from its traditional form "頑", a composition of the component "元", which suggests origin or primacy, and "頁", a semantic radical denoting the head, thereby etymologically pointing to an innate, headstrong obstinacy. Over time, its semantic scope widened from describing mere stubbornness to encompass a layer of playful mischief and naive recklessness, often applied to the untamed behavior of children. The simplified form maintains the phonetic element "元" while substituting the semantic radical with "页", a variant of "頁", thus retaining the conceptual link to the head within a more streamlined graphical structure.
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这个小孩很顽皮。
他的想法很顽固。
运动员顽强地比赛。
顽皮的风筝飞走了。
顽固的石头很难打破。
她以顽强的意志完成了任务。
那个顽皮的男孩经常在课堂上捣乱。
尽管环境恶劣，植物却顽强地生长在岩石缝隙中。