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Chinese symbol for “untidy”

错落
cuò luò
Traditional: 錯落
strewn at random; disorderly; untidy; irregular

The closest CC-CEDICT match for untidy is 错落 (cuò luò), defined as: strewn at random; disorderly; untidy; irregular; uneven.

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

错 cuò
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong
radical 167 ⾦ · 13 strokes
落 luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “untidy”

WordPinyinMeaning
襶dàiuntidy (in dress)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 错落.

WordPinyinMeaning
错误 (錯誤)cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
不错 (不錯)bù cuòcorrect; right
没错 (沒錯)méi cuòthat's right; sure!
错过 (錯過)cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
过错 (過錯)guò cuòmistake; fault
出错 (出錯)chū cuòto make a mistake; error
落实 (落實)luò shípractical; workable
部落bù luòtribe

See also: Japanese symbol for “untidy”.

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.