Chinese symbol for “messy”
凌乱
líng luàn
Traditional: 凌亂
messy; disarrayed; disheveled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for messy is 凌乱 (líng luàn), defined as: messy; disarrayed; disheveled.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “messy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邋里邋遢 (邋裡邋遢) | lā li lā ta | messy; slovenly |
| 糟 | zāo | dregs; draff |
| 烂 (爛) | làn | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft |
| 散乱 (散亂) | sǎn luàn | in disorder; messy |
| 忞 | wěn | disorderly; messy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凌乱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning; in the wee hours |
| 凌辱 | líng rǔ | to insult; to humiliate |
| 欺凌 | qī líng | to bully and humiliate |
| 凌驾 (凌駕) | líng jià | to be above; to place above |
| 霸凌 | bà líng | (loanword) bullying |
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 动乱 (動亂) | dòng luàn | turmoil; upheaval |
See also: Japanese symbol for “messy”.
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.