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Chinese symbol for “frenetic”

慌乱
huāng luàn
Traditional: 慌亂
frenetic; hurried

The closest CC-CEDICT match for frenetic is 慌乱 (huāng luàn), defined as: frenetic; hurried.

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

慌 huāng
frantic, nervous, panicked
radical 61 ⼼ · 12 strokes
乱 luàn
anarchy, chaos; revolt
radical 5 ⼄ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 慌乱.

WordPinyinMeaning
恐慌kǒng huāngpanic; panicky
惊慌 (驚慌)jīng huāngto panic; to be alarmed
慌张 (慌張)huāng zhāngflustered; agitated
惊慌失措 (驚慌失措)jīng huāng shī cuòto lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
心慌xīn huāngto be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat
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 “frenetic”.

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.