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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “confused”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晕 (暈) | yūn | confused; dizzy |
| 懵 | měng | (bound form) confused; ignorant |
| 懵懂 | měng dǒng | confused; ignorant |
| 糊里糊涂 (糊裡糊塗) | hú li hú tú | confused; vague |
| 纭 (紜) | yún | confused; numerous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 混乱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 混淆 | hùn xiáo | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混蛋 | hún dàn | scoundrel; bastard |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 动乱 (動亂) | dòng luàn | turmoil; upheaval |
| 骚乱 (騷亂) | sāo luàn | disturbance; 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.