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Chinese symbol for “tumult”

哄
hòng
Traditional: 鬨
tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tumult is 哄 (hòng), defined as: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance.

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

哄 hòng
to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tumult”

WordPinyinMeaning
杂沓 (雜沓)zá tàsmall craftsman (contemptuous); clatter (e.g. of footsteps)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哄.

WordPinyinMeaning
起哄 (起鬨)qǐ hòngto heckle; rowdy jeering
乱哄哄 (亂哄哄)luàn hōng hōngnoisy and in disarray; in an uproar
哄骗 (哄騙)hǒng piànto deceive; to cheat
哄抬hōng táito artificially inflate; to bid up (the price)
哄抢 (哄搶)hōng qiǎngto panic buy; to loot
一哄而散yī hōng ér sànto disperse in confusion (idiom)

See also: Japanese symbol for “tumult”.

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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