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狂 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
狂 ＝ 犭 ＋ 王
ㄎㄨㄤˊ · kuáng
adj — mad, crazed; wild, unrestrained; arrogant

字源 FORM — what the parts do

犭義a dog — a mad one
王聲the worn shape of 㞷 (wǎng) — gives the sound㞷, grass thrusting up, flattened to 王 in copying
IFT≠wǎng → kuáng — initial and final both shift; the donor reads kuáng in 誑 too
A dog (犭) gone rabid — the old sense is a mad dog. The right side, now written 王, is the worn shape of 㞷 wǎng, which carries the sound — the same donor under 誑 (to deceive). From the rabid beast: madness in 瘋狂, the wild 狂風, the unbridled 狂妄.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

狗（犭）紅了眼，見什麼咬什麼——狂。
The dog (犭) goes red-eyed, snapping at everything — mad.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)瘋狗— a mad dog
→瘋狂、狂熱— crazed; fanatical常用
⇒狂風、狂奔— wild, violent (wind, running)
⇒狂妄、狂傲— arrogant, unbridled
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
誑kuángthe same donor — speech 言 where 狂 takes the dog 犭王wángthe lookalike right side — 㞷 wore down to match 王's three bars