狂
kuáng · HSK 5
mad
🐺 犭 (dog radical) + 王 (king) = a wild beast acting like king
The 犭 radical marks animal/beast words; 王 (king) gives the sound (wáng → kuáng). Together: a beast running wild, hence mad, frenzied, violent. Compare 狂热 kuángrè (fanatical) and 疯狂 fēngkuáng (crazy).
狂 — dog radical 犭+ king 王
Originally written with 犬 (dog) as the semantic component and 㞷 as the phonetic, depicting a wildly running dog. The meaning extended from 'mad dog' to 'crazy, wild, unrestrained' in general. The modern form simplifies the right side to 王.