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獗

jué
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 rampant; unbridled

Examples

HSK 7-9
走私活动一度十分猖獗。
Zǒusī huódòng yídù shífēn chāngjué.
Smuggling activity was rampant for a while.
HSK 7-9
疫情猖獗，全城都在戒备。
Yìqíng chāngjué, quánchéng dōu zài jièbèi.
The epidemic ran rampant, and the whole town was on guard.

Tips

usage
獗 appears only in 猖獗 (rampant, running wild), used for things that spread or act unchecked: crime, disease, pests. It has no independent use.

Components

radical
犭 fǎnquǎnpáng
beast; animal
The side beast radical 犭 (a left form of 犬, dog) evokes wild, untamed animal behaviour, which matches the "running wild" sense of 猖獗.
phonetic
厥 jué
to faint; his/its
On the right 厥 supplies the sound jué exactly. It is purely the phonetic element here.

Stroke Order

獗 jué