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Chinese symbol for “ruffled”

仓皇失措
cāng huáng shī cuò
Traditional: 倉皇失措
flustered; ruffled; disconcerted

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruffled is 仓皇失措 (cāng huáng shī cuò), defined as: flustered; ruffled; disconcerted.

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

仓 cāng
granary, barn; cabin, berth
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
皇 huáng
royal, imperial; ruler, superior
radical 106 ⽩ · 9 strokes
失 shī
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
措 cuò
to arrange; to execute on; to manage
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ruffled”

WordPinyinMeaning
蓬散péng sǎnloose; ruffled; disheveled

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仓皇失措.

WordPinyinMeaning
仓库 (倉庫)cāng kùdepot; storehouse
仓储 (倉儲)cāng chǔto store in a warehouse
仓促 (倉促)cāng cùall of a sudden; hurriedly
粮仓 (糧倉)liáng cānggranary; barn
仓鼠 (倉鼠)cāng shǔhamster
持仓 (持倉)chí cāng(finance) to hold one's securities (rather than selling them)
皇帝huáng dìemperor; 个 (gè)
皇家huáng jiāroyal; imperial household
失去shī qùto lose
措施cuò shīmeasure; step

See also: Japanese symbol for “ruffled”.

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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