Chinese symbol for “impulsive”
鲁莽
lǔ mǎng
Traditional: 魯莽
hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impulsive is 鲁莽 (lǔ mǎng), defined as: hot-headed; impulsive; reckless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲁莽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 布鲁斯 (布魯斯) | bù lǔ sī | blues (music) (loanword) |
| 阿鲁巴 (阿魯巴) | ā lǔ bā | (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his |
| 达鲁花赤 (達魯花赤) | dá lǔ huā chì | Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times |
| 古鲁 (古魯) | gǔ lǔ | guru (loanword) |
| 莽撞 | mǎng zhuàng | rash; reckless |
| 卤莽 (鹵莽) | lǔ mǎng | variant of 鲁莽 (lǔ mǎng) |
| 草莽 | cǎo mǎng | a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impulsive”.
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.