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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.

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

鲁 lǔ
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
radical 195 ⿂ · 12 strokes
莽 mǎng
thicket, underbrush; rude, impertinent
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鲁莽.

WordPinyinMeaning
粗鲁 (粗魯)cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner)
布鲁斯 (布魯斯)bù lǔ sīblues (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 chìMongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
古鲁 (古魯)gǔ lǔguru (loanword)
莽撞mǎng zhuàngrash; reckless
卤莽 (鹵莽)lǔ mǎngvariant of 鲁莽 (lǔ mǎng)
草莽cǎo mǎnga 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.

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