Chinese symbol for “madman”
疯子
fēng zi
Traditional: 瘋子
madman; lunatic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for madman is 疯子 (fēng zi), defined as: madman; lunatic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “madman”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疯子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疯狂 (瘋狂) | fēng kuáng | crazy; frenzied; wild |
| 发疯 (發瘋) | fā fēng | to go mad; to go crazy |
| 疯狗 (瘋狗) | fēng gǒu | rabid dog; (fig.) vicious dog; aggressive dog |
| 疯人院 (瘋人院) | fēng rén yuàn | insane asylum; mental hospital |
| 疯疯癫癫 (瘋瘋癲癲) | fēng feng diān diān | deranged; erratic |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “madman”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.