Chinese symbol for “muddled”
糊涂
hú tu
Traditional: 糊塗
muddled; silly; confused
The closest CC-CEDICT match for muddled is 糊涂 (hú tu), defined as: muddled; silly; confused.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “muddled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱七八糟 (亂七八糟) | luàn qī bā zāo | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled |
| 混 | hùn | to mix; to mingle |
| 拖沓 | tuō tà | dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout |
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 浑然 (渾然) | hún rán | completely; absolutely |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 糊涂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模糊 | mó hu | vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up |
| 含糊 | hán hu | ambiguous; vague |
| 一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗) | yī tā hú tu | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles |
| 迷糊 | mí hu | muddle-headed; dazed |
| 糊口 | hú kǒu | to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty |
| 涂鸦 (塗鴉) | tú yā | graffiti; scrawl |
| 涂料 (塗料) | tú liào | paint |
| 涂抹 (塗抹) | tú mǒ | to paint; to smear |
See also: Japanese symbol for “muddled”.
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.