猖狂
chāng kuáng · HSK 7
furious
🐺 CHANt of a KUANGry wolf — savage and furious
猖 (chāng) has the dog radical 犭plus 昌 (flourish), and 狂 (kuáng) is dog radical plus 王 (king). Two wild dog characters together: an unrestrained, savage fury that has slipped its leash.
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.