癲
insanity
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Readings
On'yomi
- テン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
癲 centers on a disordered state of mind: insanity, madness, or mental derangement.
Most common words using 癲
- 癲癇てんかん
epilepsy; epileptic fit
- ジャクソン癲癇ジャクソンてんかん
Jacksonian epilepsy
- 光過敏性癲癇ひかりかびんせいてんかん
photosensitive epilepsy
- 外傷性癲癇がいしょうせいてんかん
traumatic epilepsy
- 瘋癲ふうてん
insanity; insane person
- 瘋癲病院ふうてんびょういん
madhouse; lunatic asylum; mental hospital
- 癲狂てんきょう
madness; insanity; lunacy
- 癲狂院てんきょういん
asylum; bedlam
- 癲癇持ちてんかんもち
(an) epileptic
Study
Etymology
癲 combines 疒 (sickness) with 顛, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of the top or head, suggesting a disorder affecting the head or mind.
Meaning mnemonic
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 顛, a shape associated with the top or head. Picture a sickness that overturns the mind, leading to insanity.
Reading mnemonic
For テン, imagine a person with insanity scribbling the number ten (テン) over and over on a wall: ten -> テン, and the repetition reflects a disordered mind.