fēng

insane

mad; wild

sickness (疒) + wind (风) = a mind swept wild

The sickness radical 疒 carries the meaning — someone struck by illness. 风 (wind) lends the sound fēng and may evoke something uncontrollable sweeping through the mind.

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IllnessSemantic
WindPhonetic

他最近压力太大,快了。

tā zuì jìn yā lì tài dà, kuài fēng le。

He has been under too much pressure lately and is about to go mad.

孩子们在院子里跑了一下午。

hái zi men zài yuàn zi lǐ fēng pǎo le yī xià wǔ。

The children ran around wildly in the yard for a whole afternoon.

Words with 疯

麻疯

má fēng

leprosy

人来疯

rén lái fēng

to get hyped up in front of an audience

吓疯

xià fēng

to be scared senseless

爱疯

ài fēng

iPhone (slang)

撒酒疯

sā jiǔ fēng

to get drunk and act crazy

林来疯

lín lái fēng

craze over Jeremy Lin 林書豪|林书豪[Lin2 Shu1 hao2]

疯人院

fēng rén yuàn

insane asylum; mental hospital

疯传

fēng chuán

to spread like wildfire; to go viral

疯子

fēng zi

madman

疯牛病

fēng niú bìng

mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

疯犬

fēng quǎn

mad dog

疯狂

fēng kuáng

crazy; frenzied; wild

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