adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. bigoted, obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
頑迷 がんめい
頑冥 がんめい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

stubborn, foolish, firmly
ガン かたく.な (9th, N1)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
astray, be perplexed, in doubt
まよ.う メイ (5th, N3)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)