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

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «狂»

Meanings

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
insane
crazy
confuse

maniac
enthusiast
fan
buff
fiend

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog 犭variant

Components

How it's built

狂

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

(Edo-period) humorous literature

狂暴きょうぼう

rage

狂悖きょうはい

immoral and thoughtless behaviour

mad (with grief, love, etc.)

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

狂