狂

Translingual

Han character

狂 (radical 94 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一土 (KHMG), four-corner 4121₄, composition ⿰犭王)

1. insane, mad
2. violent
3. wild

Derived characters

• 俇 誑 (诳) 鵟 (𫛭) 逛

References

• KangXi: page 707, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20287
• Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1334, character 4
• Unihan data for U+72C2

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		狂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuáng (kuang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kong⁴, kwong⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwang
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kong⁴, kwong⁴
    • Yale: kòhng, kwòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kong⁴, kwong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːŋ²¹/, /kʷʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kông
    • Tâi-lô: kông
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (狂, reconstructed)
Character (狂), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 巨王切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡʉɐŋ/	/giwaŋ/	/ɡiuaŋ/	/ɡʷiɐŋ/	/guaŋ/	/ɡĭwaŋ/	/ɡiuɑŋ/
Character (狂), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 渠放切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡʉɐŋH/	/giwaŋH/	/ɡiuaŋH/	/ɡʷiɐŋH/	/guaŋH/	/ɡĭwaŋH/	/ɡiuɑŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (狂, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
狂								kuáng								‹ gjwang ›								/*[k-ɢʷ]aŋ/								mad, reckless
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
狂					12732					王					陽					0					狂					/*ɡʷaŋ/
狂					12740					王					陽					0					狂					/*ɡʷaŋs/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

狂

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ごう (gō)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: くるう (kuruu), きちがい (kichigai)

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Korean

Hanja

狂 (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune-Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狂 (cuồng)

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