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Chinese symbol for “harass”

缠扰
chán rǎo
Traditional: 纏擾
to harass; to disturb

The closest CC-CEDICT match for harass is 缠扰 (chán rǎo), defined as: to harass; to disturb.

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

缠 chán
to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
radical 120 ⽷ · 13 strokes
扰 rǎo
to poke, to disturb, to annoy, to agitate
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “harass”

WordPinyinMeaning
骚扰 (騷擾)sāo rǎoto disturb; to cause a commotion
扰乱 (擾亂)rǎo luànto disturb; to perturb
死缠烂打 (死纏爛打)sǐ chán làn dǎ(coll.) to pester; to harass
搔扰 (搔擾)sāo rǎoto disturb; to harass
啰唣 (囉唣)luó zàoto create a disturbance; to make trouble; to harass

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缠扰.

WordPinyinMeaning
纠缠 (糾纏)jiū chánto be in a tangle; to nag
缠身 (纏身)chán shēn(of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one
缠绕 (纏繞)chán ràotwisting; to twine
缠绵 (纏綿)chán miántouching (emotions); lingering (illness)
难缠 (難纏)nán chán(usu. of people) difficult; demanding
缠足 (纏足)chán zúfoot-binding
干扰 (干擾)gān rǎoto disturb; to interfere
骚扰 (騷擾)sāo rǎoto disturb; to cause a commotion

See also: Japanese symbol for “harass”.

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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