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Chinese symbol for “busy”

忙
máng
busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush

The closest CC-CEDICT match for busy is 忙 (máng), defined as: busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush.

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

忙 máng
busy, hurried, pressed for time
radical 61 ⼼ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “busy”

WordPinyinMeaning
忙碌máng lùbusy; bustling
繁忙fán mángbusy; bustling
占线 (佔線)zhàn xiànbusy (telephone line)
偬 (傯)zǒngbusy; hurried
碌碌lù lùordinary; commonplace; busy; bustling about

Related words

Other words that share a character with 忙.

WordPinyinMeaning
帮忙 (幫忙)bāng mángto help; to lend a hand
忙碌máng lùbusy; bustling
繁忙fán mángbusy; bustling
忙于 (忙於)máng yúbusy with
匆忙cōng mánghasty; hurried
急忙jí mánghastily

See also: Japanese symbol for “busy”.

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.

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