狂

狂	U+72C2, 狂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C2

← 狁
[U+72C1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

狃 →
[U+72C3]

Translingual

Stroke order
Japan

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

俇誑 (诳) 鵟 (𫛭) 逛

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		狂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	qʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	kʷaŋʔ, kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	kʷaŋs, ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ
狂	ɡʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	ɢʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	qʰʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 㞷 (, “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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kuáng (kuang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ
(Chengdu, SP): kuang²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): kwong⁴, kong⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): kong³
Gan (Wiktionary): kuong²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khòng
(Meixian, Guangdong): kong²
Jin (Wiktionary): kuon¹
Min Bei (KCR): kuǎng
Min Dong (BUC): guòng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kông / kn̂g
(Teochew, Peng'im): kuang⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): guaan (T3); hhuaan (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): guan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuáng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuang²
  - Yale: kwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwang
  - Palladius: куан (kuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwɑŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kuang²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kuong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwong⁴, kong⁴
  - Yale: kwòhng, kòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwong⁴, kong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuong⁴, kong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ²¹/, /kʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: kong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔŋ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kuong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kong²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kong²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɔŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kuon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxuɒ̃¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kuǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông
  - Tâi-lô: kông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /kɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: kn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngg
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍²⁴/

Note:

kông - literary;
kn̂g - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: guaan (T3); hhuaan (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡ̊ɯɑ̃²³/, /ɦɯɑ̃²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: guan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 狂
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰuɑŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/kʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/kʰuɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/kʰuaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/kʰuaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰuaŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/kʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/kʰuɔ̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/kʰuɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰuɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/kʰuɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kʰuaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/kʰuaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/kʰuaŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/kʰuã̠¹/
	Nanjing	/kʰuaŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/kʰuɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰuɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/kʰuɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/kʰuɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/guɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/guɑ̃¹³/
	Hangzhou	/guɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑyɔ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰo⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/kʰau⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/kuan¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/guɔn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰuɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰoŋ¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰoŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰɔŋ²¹/ /kʰwɔŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/kʰɔŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/kʰwɔŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kuoŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰuaŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/xuaŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɡʉɐŋ/, /ɡʉɐŋ^H/

Rime
Character	狂	狂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨王切	渠放切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐŋ/	/ɡʉɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐŋ/	/ɡʷiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɑŋ/	/ɡiuɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guaŋ/	/guaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɡiuaŋ/	/ɡiuaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwaŋ/	/ɡĭwaŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/giwaŋ/	/giwaŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuáng	guàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwong⁴	gwong⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaŋ/, /*ɡʷaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狂
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuáng
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/
English	mad, reckless
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狂	狂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12732	12740
Phonetic component	王	王
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	狂	狂
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷaŋ/	/*ɡʷaŋs/

Definitions

狂

(of dogs) to go crazy; to act aggressively
mad; insane; crazy
wildly arrogant; conceited; stiff-necked
as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants; wildly
(literary, or in compounds) violent; ferocious
(literary, or in compounds) roaring; enormous
(Min Nan) flustered; hurried
(Min Dong) to become angry
(Min Nan) to be hot for; to be crazy about
(Min Nan, of animal) to be in heat
^† Original form of 誑／诳 (kuáng, “to cheat; to deceive”).
^† Alternative form of 往 (wǎng, “to go to”).

Synonyms

(mad):

Dialectal synonyms of 瘋／疯 (“mad; crazy; insane”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		痴, 狂, 癲／癫
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘋／疯, 狂, 瘋癲／疯癫, 瘋狂／疯狂
Mandarin	Beijing	瘋／疯
	Taiwan	瘋／疯
	Yantai (Muping)	痴
	Luoyang	瘋／疯
	Xi'an	瘋／疯
	Ürümqi	瘋／疯
	Guiyang	瘋／疯
	Liuzhou	癲／癫
	Yangzhou	瘋／疯
	Singapore	神經病／神经病, 有毛病
Cantonese	Guangzhou	癲／癫, 黐線／黐线, 黐筋, 黐孖筋
	Hong Kong	癲／癫, 黐線／黐线, 黐筋, 黐孖筋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	癲／癫, 黐線／黐线
	Penang (Guangfu)	癲／癫, 黐線／黐线
	Singapore (Guangfu)	癲／癫, 黐線／黐线
Gan	Nanchang	瘋／疯
Hakka	Meixian	癲／癫
Min Dong	Fuzhou	癲／癫
Min Nan	Xiamen	痟
	Quanzhou	痟
	Yongchun	痟
	Zhangzhou	痟, 魔
	Zhao'an	痟
	Taipei	痟 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	痟
	Singapore (Hokkien)	痟
	Manila (Hokkien)	痟
	Chaozhou	痟
	Shantou	痟
	Shantou (Chenghai)	痟
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	痟
	Jieyang	痟
	Haifeng	癲／癫
	Singapore (Teochew)	痟
	Leizhou	痟神
	Wenchang	發痟／发痟
	Singapore (Hainanese)	發痟／发痟
Wu	Shanghai	痴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	痴
	Danyang	瘋／疯
	Hangzhou	瘋／疯
	Wenzhou	癲／癫
	Jinhua	癲／癫
Xiang	Loudi	瘋／疯
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(arrogant):

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Synonyms of 狂

傲慢 (àomàn)
兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
牙擦 (Cantonese)
狂妄 (kuángwàng)
空歁 (Min Nan)
自大 (zìdà)
自恃 (zìshì)
自高 (zìgāo)

起市 (Taishanese)
起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
高傲 (gāo'ào)
高慢 (gāomàn)
囂俳／嚣俳 (Min Nan)
囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
沙塵 (Cantonese)
滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)

滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
牛氣／牛气 (niúqi) (regional)
自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
自負／自负 (zìfù)
驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)

(as one pleases):

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任意 (rènyì)
恣意 (zìyì)

亂／乱 (luàn)

胡亂／胡乱 (húluàn)

(violent):

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激烈 (jīliè)
猛烈 (měngliè)
劇烈／剧烈 (jùliè)

厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
嚴／严 (yán)
尖銳／尖锐 (jiānruì)

強烈／强烈 (qiángliè)
火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
熾烈／炽烈 (chìliè) (figurative)

Compounds

Derived terms from 狂

佯狂
大喜若狂
如痴如狂
如醉如狂
工作狂 (gōngzuòkuáng)
心狂火著 (sim-kông-hóe-to̍h) (Min Nan)
抓狂 (zhuākuáng)
放狂乖
暴露狂 (bàolùkuáng)
楚狂
欣喜若狂 (xīnxǐruòkuáng)
浪蝶狂蜂
清狂
狂且
狂乖
狂人 (kuángrén)
狂傲
狂吠 (kuángfèi)
狂哮
狂喜 (kuángxǐ)
狂嗥 (kuángháo)
狂士
狂夫
狂奔 (kuángbēn)
狂妄 (kuángwàng)
狂妄自大 (kuángwàngzìdà)
狂客
狂徒 (kuángtú)
狂恣
狂悖
狂想
狂想曲 (kuángxiǎngqǔ)
狂放 (kuángfàng)
狂暴 (kuángbào)
狂朋怪友
狂歌
狂潮 (kuángcháo)
狂犬病 (kuángquǎnbìng)
狂狷 (kuángjuàn)
狂生
狂疾

狂相
狂瞽
狂童
狂笑 (kuángxiào)
狂草 (kuángcǎo)
狂蜂浪蝶 (kuángfēnglàngdié)
狂言 (kuángyán)
狂跌
狂迷
狂野 (kuángyě)
狂魂怨鬼
猖狂 (chāngkuáng)
猖猖狂狂
獝狂
疏狂
痴狂 (chīkuáng)
色情狂 (sèqíngkuáng)
荒狂
虐待狂 (nüèdàikuáng)
被虐待狂
言狂意妄
躁狂 (zàokuáng)
醉舞狂歌
醒狂
力挽狂瀾／力挽狂澜 (lìwǎnkuánglán)
喪心病狂／丧心病狂 (sàngxīnbìngkuáng)
孟浪輕狂／孟浪轻狂
張狂／张狂 (zhāngkuáng)
歡喜若狂／欢喜若狂 (huānxǐruòkuáng)
歡欣若狂／欢欣若狂
狂三詐四／狂三诈四
狂亂／狂乱 (kuángluàn)
狂吟老監／狂吟老监
狂嘯／狂啸
狂奴故態／狂奴故态
狂嫖濫賭／狂嫖滥赌
狂態／狂态
狂歡／狂欢 (kuánghuān)
狂氣／狂气
狂濤／狂涛

狂濤巨浪／狂涛巨浪
狂濤駭浪／狂涛骇浪
狂瀉／狂泻
狂瀾／狂澜 (kuánglán)
狂熱／狂热 (kuángrè)
狂熱分子／狂热分子
狂簡／狂简 (kuángjiǎn)
狂花病葉／狂花病叶
狂華／狂华
狂蕩／狂荡
狂藥／狂药 (kuángyào)
狂誕／狂诞
狂賊／狂贼
狂風／狂风 (kuángfēng)
狂風大作／狂风大作
狂風大浪／狂风大浪
狂風暴雨／狂风暴雨 (kuángfēngbàoyǔ)
狂風烈日／狂风烈日
狂風駭浪／狂风骇浪 (kuángfēnghàilàng)
狂風驟雨／狂风骤雨 (kuángfēngzhòuyǔ)
狂飆／狂飙 (kuángbiāo)
狂飲／狂饮 (kuángyǐn)
瘋狂／疯狂 (fēngkuáng)
癲狂／癫狂 (diānkuáng)
發狂／发狂 (fākuáng)
眼狂心熱／眼狂心热
舉國若狂／举国若狂
被髮佯狂／被发佯狂
被髮陽狂／被发阳狂
解髮佯狂／解发佯狂
誇大狂／夸大狂 (kuādàkuáng)
賣狂／卖狂
躍躍狂徒／跃跃狂徒
輕狂／轻狂 (qīngkuáng)
輕狂百勢／轻狂百势
陽狂／阳狂
陽狂自免／阳狂自免
驕矜狂妄／骄矜狂妄
驟雨狂風／骤雨狂风
高陽狂客／高阳狂客

References

“狂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

狂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

crazy; insane; mad

Readings

Go-on: ごう (gō)
Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
Kun: くるう (kuruu, 狂う, Jōyō); くるおしい (kuruoshii, 狂おしい, Jōyō); ふれる (fureru, 狂れる)

Korean

Hanja

狂 (eumhun 미질 광 (mijil gwang))

Hanja form^? of 광 (“insane, violent, mad, wild”).

Vietnamese

Han character

狂: Hán Nôm readings: cuồng

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