diān

crazy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
疒 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sick

颠 sound component

  Sound component

diān

  

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Definitions

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diān

crazy, mad; madness, mania, insanity; mentally deranged; crazy

Most common words with 癫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

癫痫

epilepsy

crazy

疯癫

insane

疯疯癫癫

deranged

癫狂

mad