亂
luàn HSK3

confusion, mess

乱 (亂) luàn
indiscriminate adverb
done in a random, arbitrary, or careless manner

在公共场所不要乱扔垃圾。

zài gōng​gòng chǎng​suǒ bù yào luàn rēng lā​jī.

Don't litter in public places.

disordered adjective
in a state of physical confusion, messiness, or mental distraction

我的房间太乱了，需要整理一下。

wǒ de fáng​jiān tài luàn le, xū​yào zhěng​lǐ yī​xià.

My room is too messy; I need to tidy it up.

upheaval noun
social or political disorder, riot, or period of chaos

战争之后，那个国家陷入了大乱。

zhàn​zhēng zhī​hòu, nà gè guó​jiā xiàn​rù le dà luàn.

After the war, that country fell into great chaos.

illicit adjective
involving improper or illicit sexual relations

这两个人的关系非常乱。

zhè liǎng gè rén de guān​xi fēi​cháng luàn.

The relationship between these two people is very messy.

to mix up verb
to throw into disorder or disturb the existing order of things

你把书架上的书籍顺序弄乱了。

nǐ bǎ shū​jià shàng de shū​jí shùn​xù nòng luàn le.

You messed up the order of the books on the shelf.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
765th most common 245.3 per million
Movie subtitles
719th most common 179.0 per million appears in 62% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
99.3 per million appears in 35% of films
Written text
89.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
乱
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+4E82

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)