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Chinese symbol for “confused”

混乱
hùn luàn
Traditional: 混亂
confused; chaotic; disorderly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for confused is 混乱 (hùn luàn), defined as: confused; chaotic; disorderly.

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

混 hùn
muddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
乱 luàn
anarchy, chaos; revolt
radical 5 ⼄ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “confused”

WordPinyinMeaning
晕 (暈)yūnconfused; dizzy
懵měng(bound form) confused; ignorant
懵懂měng dǒngconfused; ignorant
糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗)hú li hú túconfused; vague
纭 (紜)yúnconfused; numerous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 混乱.

WordPinyinMeaning
混合hùn héto mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
混凝土hùn níng tǔconcrete (building material)
混淆hùn xiáoto obscure; to confuse
混蛋hún dànscoundrel; bastard
混沌hùn dùnprimal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic
叛乱 (叛亂)pàn luànarmed rebellion
动乱 (動亂)dòng luànturmoil; upheaval
骚乱 (騷亂)sāo luàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance

See also: Japanese symbol for “confused”.

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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