音読み: キョウ
訓読み: くるう・くるおしい
画数: 7
部首: 犭（けものへん）
Meaning
Mad / Wild / Frenzy.
- 狂う — to go mad; to go out of order
- 狂しい — maddening; frenzied
- 狂気 — madness; insanity
- 狂犬 — rabid dog
- 狂喜 — wild joy; rapture
- 狂乱 — frenzy; delirium
狂 combines the radical 犭（けものへん） “animal” with the phonetic element giving the reading キョウ. From the image of a rabid, uncontrolled animal it extended to “madness,” “wildness,” and “frenzy.”
Pair 狂 “mad/wild” with 暴 “violent,” and you get the feel of words like 狂暴／凶暴 — out-of-control, violently wild. Instinct hook: animal (犭) + violence (暴) → dangerously wild.
Forms
狂喜 — wild joy; ecstasy