乱

luàn

in confusion or disorder

in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary

tongue (舌) + twist (乚) = chaos and disorder

A wagging tongue stirs up trouble and spreads confusion; the hooked stroke 乚 is a simplified remnant of an older form showing tangled threads, reinforcing the sense of things twisted out of order.

舌+乚→乱
乚A hookedSemantic
舌TongueSemantic

你的房间太乱了,快去收拾一下。

nǐ de fáng jiān tài luàn le, kuài qù shōu shi yī xià。

Your room is too messy, go tidy it up quickly.

事情太多,他心里很乱,不知道从哪里开始。

shì qing tài duō, tā xīn lǐ hěn luàn, bù zhī dào cóng nǎ lǐ kāi shǐ。

There are too many things to deal with; his mind is in a confused state and he doesn't know where to start.

Words with 乱

内乱

nèi luàn

internal disorder

乱世佳人

luàn shì jiā rén

Gone with the Wind (film)

乱讲

luàn jiǎng

to talk nonsense

乱花钱

luàn huā qián

to spend money recklessly

缭乱

liáo luàn

dazzled

乱码

luàn mǎ

mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)

混乱

hùn luàn

confused; chaotic; disorderly

违法乱纪

wéi fǎ luàn jì

lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom)

错乱

cuò luàn

in disorder

杂乱无章

zá luàn wú zhāng

disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

杂乱

zá luàn

in a mess

鸡霍乱

jī huò luàn

fowl cholera

More characters with 舌

敌刮栝活括憩舍恬