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Chinese symbol for “agitation”

扰动
rǎo dòng
Traditional: 擾動
to disturb; to stir up; disturbance; agitation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for agitation is 扰动 (rǎo dòng), defined as: to disturb; to stir up; disturbance; agitation; turmoil.

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.

Characters and stroke order

扰 rǎo
to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “agitation”

WordPinyinMeaning
躁动 (躁動)zào dòngto stir restlessly; to be agitated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扰动.

WordPinyinMeaning
干扰 (干擾)gān rǎoto disturb; to interfere
骚扰 (騷擾)sāo rǎoto disturb; to cause a commotion
困扰 (困擾)kùn rǎoto perplex; to disturb
性骚扰 (性騷擾)xìng sāo rǎosexual harassment
打扰 (打擾)dǎ rǎoto disturb; to bother
扰乱 (擾亂)rǎo luànto disturb; to perturb
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise

See also: Japanese symbol for “agitation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.