Chinese symbol for “headstrong”
刚愎
gāng bì
Traditional: 剛愎
headstrong; perverse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for headstrong is 刚愎 (gāng bì), defined as: headstrong; perverse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “headstrong”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任性 | rèn xìng | willful; headstrong |
| 骜 (驁) | ào | a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed |
| 头铁 (頭鐵) | tóu tiě | (slang) stubborn; headstrong |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刚愎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刚刚 (剛剛) | gāng gang | just recently; just a moment ago |
| 刚才 (剛才) | gāng cái | just now; a moment ago |
| 刚好 (剛好) | gāng hǎo | just; exactly |
| 金刚 (金剛) | jīn gāng | diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon) |
| 刚性 (剛性) | gāng xìng | rigidity |
| 刚愎自用 (剛愎自用) | gāng bì zì yòng | obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “headstrong”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.