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Chinese symbol for “heckle”

起哄
qǐ hòng
Traditional: 起鬨
to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heckle is 起哄 (qǐ hòng), defined as: to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance.

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

起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes
哄 hòng
to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 起哄.

WordPinyinMeaning
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
想起xiǎng qǐto recall; to think of
乱哄哄 (亂哄哄)luàn hōng hōngnoisy and in disarray; in an uproar
哄骗 (哄騙)hǒng piànto deceive; to cheat
哄抬hōng táito artificially inflate; to bid up (the price)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heckle”.

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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