頑な

• 読み: かたくな
• ローマ字: katakuna
• 漢字の分解: 頑 (gan) — stubborn, firm, unyielding; な — na-adjective marker
• 発音: /ka.ta.kɯ.na/

意味

Obstinate; stubborn; unyielding; inflexible. Describes a mindset or attitude that is rigidly fixed and resistant to persuasion or change.

A na-adjective (頑なな before nouns, 頑なに as adverb) with a literary quality. Can describe admirable steadfastness or negative intractability depending on context. When used of loyalty or conviction, the nuance leans positive (steadfast); when used of social interaction or reasoning, it implies unreasonable rigidity. More literary than 頑固 (stubborn).

例文

1. 彼は頑なに謝罪を拒み、議論は平行線をたどった。
2. 老人は時代の変化に対して頑なな態度を取り続けた。
3. 頑なな意志があったからこそ、彼女はあれほどの困難を乗り越えられた。

使い方ガイド

場面: character, argument, stubbornness, conviction

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

From 固し (hard, firm) extended through literary Japanese to describe a person whose mind is as hard and immovable as stone. The kanji 頑 reinforces persistent inflexibility verging on stubbornness.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal