Japanese symbol for “cluttered”
雑然
ざつぜん
Romaji: zatsuzen
untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly
In Japanese, cluttered is 雑然, read ざつぜん (zatsuzen).
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Meanings
- adj-t, adv-to untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly; jumbled (e.g. thoughts); chaotic (lifestyle, atmosphere, etc.)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “cluttered”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ガチャガチャ | ガチャガチャ gachagacha | messy; cluttered; untidy |
| がしゃがしゃ | がしゃがしゃ gashagasha | cluttered; disordered; messy |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雑誌 | ざっし zasshi | magazine; journal; periodical |
| 複雑 | ふくざつ fukuzatsu | complex; complicated; intricate |
| 混雑 | こんざつ konzatsu | congestion; crush; crowding |
| 雑談 | ざつだん zatsudan | chatting; idle talk |
| 大雑把 | おおざっぱ oozappa | rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general |
| 雑草 | ざっそう zassou | weed |
| 自然 | しぜん shizen | nature |
| 当然 | とうぜん touzen | natural; right; proper |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.