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Chinese symbol for “rash”

莽撞
mǎng zhuàng
rash; reckless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rash is 莽撞 (mǎng zhuàng), defined as: rash; 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

莽 mǎng
thicket, underbrush; rude, impertinent
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
撞 zhuàng
to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “rash”

WordPinyinMeaning
皮疹pí zhěna rash
狂躁kuáng zàorash; impetuous
冒失mào shirash; impudent
疹子zhěn zirash
率shuàito lead; to command

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莽撞.

WordPinyinMeaning
鲁莽 (魯莽)lǔ mǎnghot-headed; impulsive; reckless
卤莽 (鹵莽)lǔ mǎngvariant of 鲁莽 (lǔ mǎng)
草莽cǎo mǎnga rank growth of grass; uncultivated land
莽汉 (莽漢)mǎng hànboor
苍莽 (蒼莽)cāng mǎngboundless
碰撞pèng zhuàngto collide; collision
撞击 (撞擊)zhuàng jīto strike; to hit; to ram
相撞xiāng zhuàngcollision; crash

See also: Japanese symbol for “rash”.

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.