倔

jué
#3,535 most
frequent character
used in 倔強|倔强[jue2jiang4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

倔 joins 亻 person with 屈 qū, a sound part whose link is not clear today. A person who will not yield gives the first meaning, a strong, stubborn person. That grew to 'gruff, stubborn' and 'tough'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

倔juè
gruff, surly

Homophones

绝jué
cut off, exhausted, desperate
角jué
role (theater), to compete
爵jué
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle
决jué
to decide, to determine
觉jué
to feel, to find that, thinking

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