漢字道KANJIDO

7 strokesRadical

4Junior high level7 strokesRadical
On
キョウ
Kun
くる.う・くる.おしい・くるお.しい
Meaning
crazy; mad

Origin

ORIGIN

⺨ "beast" with 王: a beast running wild — to go mad.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

キョウ狂気・狂言・熱狂
くるう狂う
くるおしい狂おしい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 熱狂ねっきょう

    wild enthusiasm

  • 狂うくるう

    to go mad; to go wrong

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

時計が狂ってしまった。

The clock has gone wrong.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)