猖 (chāng): ferocious

猖 (chāng) is a Chinese character meaning “ferocious.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 犭 (semantic) and 昌 (phonetic). It ranks #2902 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 猖 dog. Its radical form 犭 (dog) appears in many related characters such as 狗 (gǒu, dog), 猫 (māo, cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), 状 (zhuàng, (bound form) form).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 犭 dog11 strokesFrequency #2902犭 semantic昌 phonetic

Definitions

  1. ferocious

Etymology & Origin

猖

pictophoneticdog

Decomposition: ⿰犭昌 (layout: left-right)

Components:犭semantic昌phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
猖獗chāng juéto be rampant
猖狂chāng kuángsavage
猖乱chāng luànwild and disorderly
猖猖狂狂chāng chāng kuáng kuángwild
猖厉chāng lìmad and violent
猖披chāng pīdishevelled
6
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

猖 appears in 6 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 猖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

狂kuáng
0.5591,578 co-occurrences
匪fěi
0.481330 co-occurrences
贼zéi
0.434138 co-occurrences
肆sì
0.433150 co-occurrences
盗dào
0.415162 co-occurrences
益yì
0.396438 co-occurrences
披pī
0.387120 co-occurrences
腐fǔ
0.375114 co-occurrences
势shì
0.372222 co-occurrences
愈yù
0.36490 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

猖猖狂狂chāng chāng kuáng kuángHSK 7+

wild; hurried and confused; hell-for-leather

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个猖字的意思与它的部首有关。

zhè gě chāng zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .

The meaning of the character "猖" is related to its radical.

東方日報Apr 2026

龙吟虎啸:猖狂几分钟让你归零

lóng yín hǔ xiào : chāng kuáng jī fēn zhōng ràng nǐ guī líng

UdnnewsindexMar 2026

诈骗猖獗 竹市警“识诈2.0”夺全国丙组第1名

zhà piàn chāng 獗 zhú shì jǐng shí zhà 2 . 0 duó quán guó bǐng zǔ dì 1 míng

UdnnewsindexMar 2026

...融消费评议中心总座罗俊玮:金融诈骗 盗刷猖獗

. . . róng xiāo fèi píng yì zhōng xīn zǒng zuò luó jùn 玮 : jīn róng zhà piàn dào shuā chāng 獗

...Luo Junwei, Director of the Financial Consumer Review Center: Financial Fraud and Card Skimming Are Rampant

EttodayFeb 2026

装修诈骗猖獗! “第三方履保机制”价格行情曝光

zhuāng xiū zhà piàn chāng 獗 ! dì sān fāng lǚ bǎo jī zhì jià gé háng qíng pù guāng

Decoration fraud is rampant! The price of the "third-party performance mechanism" was exposed

Character Family

犭 Radical Family — Characters sharing the dog radical

狈bèi猜cāi独dú犯fàn狗gǒu狠hěn猴hóu狐hú猾huá狡jiǎo

Related Characters

狗gǒu猫māo状zhuàng猪zhū独dú犹yóu狂kuáng猜cāi献xiàn猴hóu

Homophones — Characters pronounced chāng

唱chàng昌chāng肠cháng尝cháng偿cháng常cháng场chǎng畅chàng倡chàng长cháng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 猖 (chāng) mean in Chinese?
猖 (chāng) primarily means "ferocious." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2902 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 猖 have?
猖 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 猖?
The radical associated with 猖 is 犭 (dog). This radical appears in many characters related to dog.
What are the components of 猖?
猖 is composed of: 犭 (semantic), 昌 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰犭昌 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 猖?
Common words with 猖 include: 猖獗 (chāng jué, "to be rampant"); 猖狂 (chāng kuáng, "savage"); 猖乱 (chāng luàn, "wild and disorderly"); 猖猖狂狂 (chāng chāng kuáng kuáng, "wild"); 猖厉 (chāng lì, "mad and violent"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 猖 (chāng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation chāng: 唱 (to sing), 昌 ((bound form) prosperous), 肠 (intestine), 尝 (to taste), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 猖 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 猖 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.