狂

mad; wild; violent

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #997 U+72C2

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

犭 (semantic, “dog”) + 王 (phonetic, wáng)

components: 犭王

crazy · Heisig RSH #271

王 king + pack of wild dogs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 王

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 王 (wáng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
王 sound component	wáng	king, ruler; royal; surname
往	wǎng	to go, to depart; past, former
旺	wàng	to flourish, to prosper; prosperous
枉	wǎng	useless, in vain; crooked, bent
汪	wāng	vast, extensive, deep; surname
匡	kuāng	to correct, to revise; to restore

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
口出狂言	kǒu chū kuáng yán	to speak conceited nonsense; to come out with arrogant claptrap
自大狂	zì dà kuáng	megalomania; egomania; delusions of grandeur
狂人日记	Kuáng rén Rì jì	Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun 魯迅\|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
工作狂	gōng zuò kuáng	workaholic
色情狂	sè qíng kuáng	mad about sex; nymphomania
狂战士	kuáng zhàn shì	berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
狂牛病	kuáng niú bìng	mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
精神狂乱	jīng shén kuáng luàn	delirium; mental illness
杀人狂	shā rén kuáng	homicidal maniac
狂人	kuáng rén	madman
发狂	fā kuáng	crazy; mad; madly
狂风	kuáng fēng	gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology)
狂风暴雨	kuáng fēng bào yǔ	(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm; (fig.) (idiom) difficult circumst…
丧心病狂	sàng xīn bìng kuáng	(idiom) deranged; demented; berserk
狂言	kuáng yán	ravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
狂热	kuáng rè	zealotry; fanatical; feverish
狂暴者	kuáng bào zhě	berserker (fantasy role-playing)
狂放	kuáng fàng	wild; unrestrained
狂想曲	kuáng xiǎng qǔ	rhapsody (music)
控制狂	kòng zhì kuáng	control freak