Japanese symbol for “madcap”
素っ頓狂
すっとんきょう
Romaji: suttonkyou
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy
In Japanese, madcap is 素っ頓狂, read すっとんきょう (suttonkyou).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-na wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “madcap”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 頓狂 | とんきょう tonkyou | wild; freakish; madcap |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要素 | ようそ youso | element; component; factor |
| 素材 | そざい sozai | ingredient; (raw) material; resource |
| 素敵 | すてき suteki | lovely; wonderful; charming |
| 素人 | しろうと shirouto | amateur; layman; ordinary person |
| 素直 | すなお sunao | obedient; meek; docile |
| 酸素 | さんそ sanso | oxygen (O) |
| 整頓 | せいとん seiton | orderliness; put in order; tidying up |
| 頓挫 | とんざ tonza | setback; deadlock; standstill |
| 狂う | くるう kuruu | to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy |
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.
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