Chinese symbol for “turmoil”
动乱
dòng luàn
Traditional: 動亂
turmoil; upheaval; unrest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for turmoil is 动乱 (dòng luàn), defined as: turmoil; upheaval; unrest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “turmoil”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纷扰 (紛擾) | fēn rǎo | turmoil; unrest |
| 变乱 (變亂) | biàn luàn | turmoil; social upheaval |
| 动荡 (動蕩) | dòng dàng | unrest (social or political); turmoil |
| 乱局 (亂局) | luàn jú | chaotic situation; turmoil; upheaval |
| 扰动 (擾動) | rǎo dòng | to disturb; to stir up |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 动乱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 叛乱 (叛亂) | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “turmoil”.
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.