Chinese symbol for “tumultuous”
哗然
huá rán
Traditional: 嘩然
in uproar; commotion; causing a storm of protest; tumultuous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tumultuous is 哗然 (huá rán), defined as: in uproar; commotion; causing a storm of protest; tumultuous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tumultuous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘈 | cáo | bustling; tumultuous |
| 枉攘 | wǎng rǎng | tumultuous; disorderly |
| 汹 (洶) | xiōng | torrential rush; tumultuous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哗然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喧哗 (喧嘩) | xuān huá | hubbub; clamor |
| 哗众取宠 (嘩眾取寵) | huá zhòng qǔ chǒng | sensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds |
| 哗变 (嘩變) | huá biàn | mutiny; rebellion |
| 稀里哗啦 (稀里嘩啦) | xī li huā lā | (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc); smashed to pieces; completely routed |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tumultuous”.
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.