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Kanji Detail for 狂 - "crazy"

狂

  • Meaning

    狂 means "crazy." Also associated with obsessed, foolish.

    1. Crazy - To go mad; to become abnormal.

    2. Obsessed - To be excessively devoted to something.

    3. Foolish - Comical; to jest.

    4. Frenzied - Having a disturbed mind.

    5. Raging - To rage wildly.

    6. Misaligned - To go off; to miss the mark.

  • Words using 狂

    • 狂言 きょうげん Listen kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play
    • 熱狂 ねっきょう Listen wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
    • 狂気 きょうき Listen madness; insanity
    • 狂乱 きょうらん Listen fury; frenzy; madness
    • 狂う くるう Listen to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy

  • Four-character idioms with 狂

    • 狂喜乱舞 きょうきらんぶ Listen boisterous dance; dancing wildly
    • 狂瀾怒涛 きょうらんどとう Listen maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil
    • 狂言綺語 きょうげんきご Listen make-believe fiction

  • Tattoo check: 狂

    • Verified meaning: crazy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: obsessed, foolish

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lunatic; insane; crazy; confuse

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    insane, mad; violent; wild

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    mad; wild; violent

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    insane, mad; violent; wild

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Illness. As in 癲狂 (insanity). | Having grand ambitions and speech is called 狂. (Analects) "The impetuous advance boldly." | Licentious is called 狂. Calling those who are lustful and immoral 狂. | When momentum is great, it is called 狂. As in 狂風 (fierce wind), 狂瀾 (wild waves).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuru.u(くる-う) くる-う

    kuruo.shii(くる-おしい) くる-おしい

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    crazy obsessed foolish frenzied raging madness insanity misaligned acting silly deranged insane lunatic maniac irrational berserk delirious demented devoted excessively furious off-kilter wild

Sentences including 狂

  • He was overjoyed to find out that his son had succeeded.

  • He is mad about tennis.

  • I'm out of my mind.

  • He is frantically on the make.

  • You are crazy.

  • That noise is almost driving me mad.

  • He has gone mad.

  • Look out for the wild dog !

  • The watch you gave me doesn't keep time.

  • Are you mad?

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