Japanese symbol for “lunacy”
癲狂
てんきょう
Romaji: tenkyou
madness; insanity; lunacy
In Japanese, lunacy is 癲狂, read てんきょう (tenkyou).
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Meanings
- n madness; insanity; lunacy
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癲癇 | てんかん tenkan | epilepsy; epileptic fit |
| 瘋癲 | ふうてん fuuten | insanity; insane person |
| 癲癇持ち | てんかんもち tenkanmochi | (an) epileptic |
| 癲狂院 | てんきょういん tenkyouin | asylum; bedlam |
| 瘋癲病院 | ふうてんびょういん fuutenbyouin | madhouse; lunatic asylum; mental hospital |
| 狂う | くるう kuruu | to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy |
| 狂気 | きょうき kyouki | madness; insanity |
| 熱狂 | ねっきょう nekkyou | wild enthusiasm; being crazy about |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.