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狂

lunatic
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキョウ
Kun readingくる.う、くる.おしい、くるお.しい
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lunaticRtK
    彼の目に狂いはない。He has an unerring eye.tatoeba
    品の良い美女の嫉妬に狂う様。Sophisticated beautiful woman in deep jealousy.wiki
  2. insane
  3. crazy
  4. confuse
  1. to go mad
  2. to lose one's mind
  3. to go crazy
  4. to go insane
  5. to get out of order

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 277

Compound words

狂うくるう
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to go insane; to get out of order
狂いくるい
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; being out of order
狂気きょうき
madness; insanity
狂言きょうげん
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe
狂奔きょうほん
rushing around; running wild
狂乱きょうらん
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
熱狂ねっきょう
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
狂喜きょうき
wild joy
狂犬きょうけん
mad dog
狂騒きょうそう
mania
狂文きょうぶん
(Edo-period) humorous literature
狂暴きょうぼう
rage
狂悖きょうはい
immoral and thoughtless behaviour
狂瀾きょうらん
raging waves
狂躁きょうそう
mania
酔狂すいきょう
eccentricity, whim
偏狂へんきょう
monomania
佯狂ようきょう
feigned madness
癲狂てんきょう
madness
間狂言あいきょうげん
kyogen interlude
気狂いキチガイ
madness
狂しいくるおしい
mad (with grief, love, etc.)
狂犬病きょうけんびょう
rabies
狂詩曲きょうしきょく
rhapsody

Additional Examples

彼は怒り狂っていた。
He was beside himself with rage.tatoeba
彼は怒り狂ったように私のほうへ向かってきた。
He advanced on me fiercely.tatoeba
彼は怒りで狂いそうだ。
He was wild with anger.tatoeba
品の良い美女の嫉妬に狂う様。
Sophisticated beautiful woman in deep jealousy.wiki
純情な少女から嫉妬に狂う女に変身したことを表す。
This indicates she has transformed herself from a pure young lady into a woman mad with jealousy.wiki

Stroke Order

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