(kuáng)

HSK 57 strokes

mad

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
kuáng
Meaning
mad; wild; violent
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰犭王

In this compound, the meaning comes from (dog); supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

kuánghuān
HSK 7-9

party

Open 狂欢 page →
yángkuáng

to feign madness

Open 佯狂 page →
chàngkuáng

variant of 猖狂[chang1 kuang2]

Open 倡狂 page →
xiōngkuáng

fierce; ferocious; savage

Open 凶狂 page →

paranoia; monomania

Open 偏执狂 page →

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

Open 力挽狂澜 page →

to speak conceited nonsense

Open 口出狂言 page →

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