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stubborn

On-Yomi: ガン — Kun-Yomi: かたく

Elements:

stubborn, beginning, two, human legs, head, page, one, ceiling, drop, shellfish, clam, oyster, eye, animal legs, eight

Heisig story:

This character refers to the blockheaded, persistent stubbornness of one who sticks to an idea or a plan just the way it was at the beginning, without letting anything that comes up along the way alter things in the least. The explanation makes "sense," but is hard to remember because the word "beginning "is too abstract. Back up to the image we used two frames ago - Adam and Eve in their Eden - and try again: The root of all stubbornness goes back to the beginning, with two brothers each stubbornly defending his own way of life and asking their God to bless it favorably. Abel stuck to agriculture, Cain to animal-raising. Picture these two with their giant, swelled heads, each vying for the favors of heaven, a stubborn grimace on their faces. No wonder something unfortunate happened!

Koohii stories:

1) [ceeeps] 26-8-2007(273): A stubborn person in the beginning gets something into their head and can't change their mind.

2) [timcampbell] 16-11-2007(186): Picture a STUBBORN schoolboy, with his arms crossed and his book still open to the BEGINNING PAGE. Despite the teacher telling him to turn the page, he refuses and keeps his book on the BEGINNING PAGE.

3) [Ameyama] 22-1-2008(72): He's so stubborn, he won't read past the beginning page!

4) [notoriousruz] 25-10-2007(27): Stubbornness begins in the head.

5) [Ninjasha] 19-2-2008(18): I tend to be STUBBORN if the first (beginning) page of a book is not good.

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