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Chinese symbol for “vent”

闹
nào
Traditional: 鬧
noisy; boisterous; bustling; lively; to make noise; to cause a disturbance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vent is 闹 (nào), defined as: noisy; boisterous; bustling; lively; to make noise; to cause a disturbance; to express; to vent (feelings); to experience (an illness, disaster, famine etc).

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

闹 nào
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel
radical 169 ⾨ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “vent”

WordPinyinMeaning
裂口liè kǒubreach; split

Related words

Other words that share a character with 闹.

WordPinyinMeaning
热闹 (熱鬧)rè naolively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time
胡闹 (胡鬧)hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
闹剧 (鬧劇)nào jùfarce; 场 (chǎng),出 (chū),幕 (mù)
闹事 (鬧事)nào shìto cause trouble; to create a disturbance
吵闹 (吵鬧)chǎo nàonoisy; raucous
喧闹 (喧鬧)xuān nàoto make a noise; noisy

See also: Japanese symbol for “vent”.

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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