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狂

kuáng

insane, mad

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 王 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

王 sound component

王  Sound component

wáng, wàng

  

king

Evolution

狂 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
狂 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
狂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
狂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

狂  

kuáng

insane, mad; violent; wild; mad

Most common words with 狂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

疯狂

crazy

狂

mad

狂欢

party

狂热

zealotry

发狂

crazy

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

誑 诳

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

逛 誑 诳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ

gjwang

kuáng

mad, reckless


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 60.4998% of movies

691st most common character in movies

1147th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+72C2

Shuowen

“狂，狾犬也。从犬，聲。忹，古文从心。”


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