癫

癫 · diān

crazy, mad; madness, mania, insane

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
diān
Cantonese
din1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

crazy, mad; madness, mania, insane

Dictionary definitions & readings

癫 diān · mentally deranged; crazy

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0240.030:diān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
073.160:diān Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KJCO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0018 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0783.011 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+766B
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
16
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6455

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
癫
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

癲

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
42703.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42703.090
kIRGKangXi
0783.011
kKangXi
0783.011
kSMSZD2003Index
452.02
kCangjie
KJCO
kFourCornerCode
0018
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7132
kRSUnicode
104.16
kTotalStrokes
21
kCCCII
274C79
kEACC
274C79
kGB0
8118
kMainlandTelegraph
4094
kTGH
2013:6455
kCantonese
din1
kDefinition
crazy, mad; madness, mania, insane
kMandarin
diān
kTGHZ2013
073.160:diān
kXHC1983
0240.030:diān
kTraditionalVariant
U+7672

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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9dictionary records using 癫0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
疒 wraps around 颠 from the upper left · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿸疒颠$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒颠$(G)

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