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IDENTITY

luànmessy; chaotic

HSK 3Top 400

CORE MEANING

messy; chaotic

Part of speech
adjective
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.messy; chaoticHSK3

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
hook radical (yǐ)
strokes
7
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰舌乚
    • gives the sound luàn (historical)

USAGE

Common words

乱跑luànpǎoto run around wildly
混乱hùnluànchaotic

Graded examples

  • 书桌上很乱。Shūzhuō shang hěn luàn.HSK4

    The desk is very messy.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A tongue (舌) in a tangle — chaos. (From 亂, tangled silk.)

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#400
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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