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狂 U+72C2, 狂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C2
← 狁
[U+72C1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狃 →
[U+72C3]

Translingual

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Han character

狂 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一土 (KHMG), four-corner 41214, composition ⿰犭王)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 707, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1334, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+72C2

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs): semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 㞷 (huáng). The latter is the ancient form of 往 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, “to go”).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kông - literary;
  • kn̂g - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

狂

  1. (of dogs) to go crazy; to act aggressively
  2. mad; insane; crazy
  3. wildly arrogant; conceited; stiff-necked
  4. as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants; wildly
  5. (literary, or in compounds) violent; ferocious
  6. (literary, or in compounds) roaring; enormous
  7. (Southern Min) flustered; hurried
  8. (Eastern Min) to become angry
  9. (Southern Min) to be hot for; to be crazy about
  10. (Southern Min, of animal) to be in heat
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 誑／诳 (kuáng, “to cheat; to deceive”).
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 往 (“to go to”)

Synonyms

  • (mad):
Dialectal synonyms of 瘋 (“mad; crazy; insane”) [map]
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  • (arrogant):
  • (as one pleases):
  • (violent):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (狂):
  • → Vietnamese: cuồng (狂)

References

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Japanese

Kanji

狂

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. crazy; insane; mad

Readings

Suffix

狂(きょう) • (-kyō) 

  1. mania, enthusiasm; enthusiast
    チューリップ狂(きょう)
    chūrippukyō
    tulip mania

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

狂 (eumhun 미칠 광 (michil gwang))

  1. hanja form? of 광 (“insane, violent, mad, wild”)

Vietnamese

Han character

狂: Hán Nôm readings: cuồng

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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