狂
狂 — Lunatic
lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse
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)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 狂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狂言 | きょうげん kyougen | kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play |
| 熱狂 | ねっきょう nekkyou | wild enthusiasm; being crazy about |
| 狂う | くるう kuruu | to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy |
| 狂気 | きょうき kyouki | madness; insanity |
| 狂乱 | きょうらん kyouran | fury; frenzy; madness |
| 狂詩曲 | きょうしきょく kyoushikyoku | rhapsody |
Study notes
狂 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1425 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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