Chinese symbol for “unkempt”
邋遢
lā ta
unkempt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unkempt is 邋遢 (lā ta), defined as: unkempt.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unkempt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓬蓬 | péng peng | overgrown; unkempt (of hair) |
| 蓬乱 (蓬亂) | péng luàn | matted (of straw or hair); unkempt |
| 邋里邋遢 (邋裡邋遢) | lā li lā ta | messy; slovenly |
| 拉碴 | lā chā | (of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly |
| 蓬头跣足 (蓬頭跣足) | péng tóu xiǎn zú | matted hair and bare feet; unkempt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邋遢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邋里邋遢 (邋裡邋遢) | lā li lā ta | messy; slovenly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unkempt”.
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.