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狂

狂

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 707, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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
锽 *ɡʷraːŋ
揘 *ɡʷaŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 㞷. The latter is the ancient form of 往 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, “to go”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 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/
Tunxi /kʰau⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /kuan¹³/
Xiangtan /guɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang /kʰuɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰoŋ¹¹/
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/
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/ /ɡʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷiɐŋ/ /ɡʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuɑŋ/ /ɡiuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guaŋ/ /guaŋH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiuaŋ/ /ɡiuaŋH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭwaŋ/ /ɡĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /giwaŋ/ /giwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuáng guàng
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

  1. (of dog) to go crazy; to act aggressively
  2. mad; insane; crazy
  3. wildly arrogant; conceited; stiff-necked
  4. unruly; unrestrained
  5. violent; ferocious
  6. roaring; enormous
  7. (Min Nan) flustered; hurried
  8. (Min Dong) to become angry
  9. (Min Nan) to be hot for; to be crazy about
  10. (Min Nan, of animal) to be in heat
  11. †Original form of 誑／诳 (kuáng, “to cheat; to deceive”).
  12. †Alternative form of 往 (wǎng, “to go to”).

See also

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

狂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

狂 • ‎(gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune-Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狂 (cuồng)

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