獗 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
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- On
- ケツ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- to run rampant
Origin
Dog 犬 with 厥 as phonetic: a dog running amok, hence to run rampant.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 猖獗しょうけつ
rampancy
- 跋扈ばっこ
running unchecked
Example
賊が猖獗し、村は荒れ果てた。
Bandits ran rampant and the village fell to ruin.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)