Kanji

狂

狂

lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くるう, くるおしい, くるおしい

Nanori (Name Reading)

よし

Common Readings

キョウ, くる…う, くる…おしい

Example sentences

狂う くるう
予定が狂ってしまった。

The schedule has gone wrong.

狂気 きょうき
その計画は狂気の沙汰だ。

That plan is pure madness.

狂 きょう
彼は自他共に認める野球狂だ

He is a self-proclaimed and widely recognized baseball enthusiast.

荒れ狂う あれくるう
嵐で海が荒れ狂っている。

The sea is raging due to the storm.

波濤 はとう
船は荒れ狂う波濤を越えて進んだ。

The ship proceeded over the raging waves.

狂い くるい
計算に狂いが生じた。

A discrepancy arose in the calculations.

正確 せいかく
この時計は、一秒の狂いもなく正確に動いている。

This watch moves accurately without a single second's error.

発狂 はっきょう
あまりの忙しさに、彼は発狂しそうだと漏らした。

He muttered that he felt like he was going to go crazy from being so busy.

熱狂 ねっきょう
ファンはコンサートに熱狂した。

The fans went wild at the concert.

プレイ プレイ
彼の華麗なプレイは、スタジアム全体を熱狂させた。

His spectacular play excited the entire stadium.

Example Vocabulary

狂う

くるう

to go mad; to go out of order; to go wrong

狂気

きょうき

madness; insanity

狂

きょう

mania; enthusiast; fan

荒れ狂う

あれくるう

to rage; to be stormy; to run amok

怒り狂う

いかりくるう

素っ頓狂

すっとんきょう

狂い

くるい

disorder; deviation; error

発狂

はっきょう

going mad; losing one's mind; insanity

気が狂う

きがくるう

熱狂

ねっきょう

wild enthusiasm; excitement; mania

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