7 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

lunatic, insane, crazy, confuse

Kun'yomi
  • to go mad ②to get out of order ③to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.) ④to go crazy (over someone or something)
  • mad (with grief, love, etc.)
  • mad (with grief, love, etc.)
On'yomi
  • キョウ
    (some type of) enthusiast ②someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キョウ 57.9%
くるくるおしい 42.1%

Character Breakdown

lunatic, insane, crazy
キョウ くる.う くるお.しい (7th, N1)
dog(犬) variant
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Contained In

Common Words

to go mad ②to get out of order ③to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.) ④to go crazy (over someone or something)
(some type of) enthusiast ②someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
madness ②irregularity ③fanaticism
to drive mad ②to cause a malfunction
wild enthusiasm
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References

Unicode hex code 72C2
JIS X 0208 1-22-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2872
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3562
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 269
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 318
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 20287
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 883
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 904
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Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1141
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1513
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1300
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 266
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3g4.2
Four corner code 4121.4
De Roo Code 2972