頑がん迷めい

Word family

• 固こ陋ろう頑がん迷めい

  obstinate; stubborn; pigheaded

• 頑がん迷めい固こ陋ろう

  obstinate; bigoted; stubbornly narrow-minded

Written forms

• 頑がん迷めいUsage95%

  Standard kanji form for 'bigoted, obstinate'.

• 頑がん冥めいUsage5%
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 冥 suggests darkness or ignorance, reinforcing the sense of stubborn closed-mindedness.

Etymology

Compound of 頑 (stubborn, foolish) and 迷 (astray, perplexed). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination suggests being stubbornly lost in one's own views.