狂 – lunatic, insane, crazy

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1425 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 狂 means lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ (kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くる.う、くる.おしい、くるお.しい (kuruu, kuruoshii, kuruoshii). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 犬 (no. 94).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	くる.う	kuruu
Kun’yomi	くる.おしい	kuruoshii
Kun’yomi	くるお.しい	kuruoshii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 犬 (Kangxi radical 94). Components: 王・犯.

Words using 狂

狂うくるうto go mad狂きょうmaniac

Example sentences

そんな話し方をするとは、彼は狂っていたに違いない。

He must be crazy to talk like that.

Tatoeba #204019

あなたの時計、時間は狂いませんか。

Does your watch keep good time?

Tatoeba #233250

たくさんのことが起こって、スケジュールが狂ってしまった。

A lot of things happened and my schedule was messed up.

Tatoeba #203807

Kanji with the same radical

状独献狙犯獲猛犬狭獄猫獣猿狩狡

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