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Chinese symbol for “doodle”

乱画
luàn huà
Traditional: 亂畫
to doodle; graffito; doodle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for doodle is 乱画 (luàn huà), defined as: to doodle; graffito; doodle.

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

乱 luàn
anarchy, chaos; revolt
radical 5 ⼄ · 7 strokes
画 huà
picture, painting, drawing; to draw
radical 102 ⽥ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “doodle”

WordPinyinMeaning
涂抹 (塗抹)tú mǒto paint; to smear

Related words

Other words that share a character with 乱画.

WordPinyinMeaning
混乱 (混亂)hùn luànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
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
扰乱 (擾亂)rǎo luànto disturb; to perturb
战乱 (戰亂)zhàn luànchaos of war
漫画 (漫畫)màn huàcomics; cartoon; caricature
动画 (動畫)dòng huàanimation; cartoon

See also: Japanese symbol for “doodle”.

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.