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Chinese symbol for “fuss”

做文章
zuò wén zhāng
to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fuss is 做文章 (zuò wén zhāng), defined as: to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance.

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

做 zuò
to work, to make; to act
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
章 zhāng
chapter, section, writing; seal
radical 180 ⾳ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 做文章.

WordPinyinMeaning
做出zuò chūto put out; to issue
做到zuò dàoto accomplish; to achieve
叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making
做爱 (做愛)zuò àito make love
做事zuò shìto work; to handle matters
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
宪章 (憲章)xiàn zhāngcharter

See also: Japanese symbol for “fuss”.

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.