狂乱 (kuáng luàn) — frantic, frenzied, mad with agitation

Definition

adjective

franticfrenziedmad with agitation

狂乱，。
Tā de yǎn shén kuáng luàn, hǎo xiàng shī qù le lǐ zhì.
His eyes were frantic, as if he had lost his mind.
狂乱，。
Zài kuáng luàn de táo pǎo zhōng, tā zhuàng dǎo le yí gè rén.
In the frenzied escape, he knocked over a person.
狂乱，。
Shì chǎng yí piàn kuáng luàn, dào chù dōu shì hū hǎn shēng.
The market was in a frenzy, with shouting everywhere.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

“狂” and “乱” together picture wildness and disorder, meaning frantic.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

㞷

㞷㞷狂kuáng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

狂 pairs 犭 (dog) with 㞷, which gives the sound; 㞷 is an old form of a character meaning 'to go'.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亂; 乱 is its simplified writing.

𤔔乚亂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

乚Written in full as乙yǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

𤔔

𤔔𤔔亂luàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 亂 contains 𤔔, a drawing of combing tangled threads, and 乙; the simplified 乱 is only a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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