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Chinese symbol for “disrupt”

搅乱
jiǎo luàn
Traditional: 攪亂
to disrupt; to throw into disorder

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disrupt is 搅乱 (jiǎo luàn), defined as: to disrupt; to throw into disorder.

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

搅 jiǎo
to annoy, to disturb, to stir up
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
乱 luàn
anarchy, chaos; revolt
radical 5 ⼄ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “disrupt”

WordPinyinMeaning
骚 (騷)sāo(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish
瓦解wǎ jiěto collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 搅乱.

WordPinyinMeaning
搅拌 (攪拌)jiǎo bànto stir; to agitate
搅动 (攪動)jiǎo dòngto mix; to stir
搅和 (攪和)jiǎo huoto mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things
打搅 (打攪)dǎ jiǎoto disturb; to trouble; to bother
搅局 (攪局)jiǎo júto upset the apple cart; to disrupt things
混乱 (混亂)hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
叛乱 (叛亂)pàn luànarmed rebellion
动乱 (動亂)dòng luànturmoil; upheaval

See also: Japanese symbol for “disrupt”.

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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