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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disrupt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骚 (騷) | sāo | (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish |
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 搅乱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搅拌 (攪拌) | jiǎo bàn | to stir; to agitate |
| 搅动 (攪動) | jiǎo dòng | to mix; to stir |
| 搅和 (攪和) | jiǎo huo | to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things |
| 打搅 (打攪) | dǎ jiǎo | to disturb; to trouble; to bother |
| 搅局 (攪局) | jiǎo jú | to upset the apple cart; to disrupt things |
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 动乱 (動亂) | dòng luàn | turmoil; 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.