Chinese symbol for “restlessness”
风波
fēng bō
Traditional: 風波
disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for restlessness is 风波 (fēng bō), defined as: disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness; 场 (cháng).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “restlessness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掉举 (掉擧) | diào jǔ | restlessness (Buddhism) |
| 静坐不能 (靜坐不能) | jìng zuò bù néng | akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 风波.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 风景 (風景) | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 台风 (臺風) | tái fēng | stage presence, poise |
| 波动 (波動) | bō dòng | to undulate; to fluctuate |
| 波音 | bō yīn | mordent (music) |
| 波特 | bō tè | (loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “restlessness”.
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.