Chaos in Chinese / Japanese...

hùn dùn

konton

혼돈

混沌 is the Japanese, Korean and Chinese word that means absolute confusion, disorder and chaos.

This more directly refers to primal chaos or primeval chaos.

When reading something about Chinese mythology, you may find this term used to describe the formless mass before creation.

Chinese scientists sometimes use this word to refer to the nebulous state before the universe was formed or nebulosity.

In some context, this could mean "a state of confusion."

hùn luàn

kon ran

혼란

The first character means confused, dirty, muddy or mixed.

The second character means confusion and disorder.

Together, these characters mean chaos, and sometimes extended to mean a type of anarchy.

This term is often used in a less-than-literal term to describe anything in disarray. Someone might use this word in a sentence like, "My kitchen is in a state of chaos" or "my life is so chaotic."

Please note that Japanese use an alternate/simplified version of the second character of chaos - it also happens to be the same simplification used in mainland China. Click on the character to the right if you want the Japanese/Simplified version of this two-character chaos calligraphy.

jiǎo dòng hún dùn

This was added to our database at the request of a customer. 攪動混沌 means "stir the chaos" in Mandarin Chinese. It is proper grammar and meaning but is not and ancient Chinese phrase or title.

píng jìng de hùn luàn

平靜的混亂 is NOT a typical Chinese phrase. It was added to our calligraphy database at the request of a customer. These are two dynamically-opposed ideas but this is the way to express them together.

dai kon ran

대혼란

This Japanese word means havoc, as in chaos, turmoil, or pandemonium.

hào jié

This Chinese word means havoc, as in a calamity, catastrophe, or apocalypse.

arashi

荒らし is the Japanese title Arashi. It can refer to an internet troll, raising havoc, laying waste, robbery, holdup, robber, or thief.

Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.