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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".
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.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Chaos | 混沌 | konton | hùn dùn / hun4 dun4 / hun dun / hundun | hun tun / huntun |
Chaos Anarchy Confusion Mayhem | 混亂 混乱 | kon ran / konran | hùn luàn / hun4 luan4 / hun luan / hunluan | |
Stir the Chaos | 攪動混沌 搅动混沌 | jiǎo dòng hún dùn jiao3 dong4 hun2 dun4 jiao dong hun dun jiaodonghundun | chiao tung hun tun chiaotunghuntun |
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Peaceful Chaos | 平靜的混亂 平静的混乱 | píng jìng de hùn luàn ping2 jing4 de hun4 luan4 ping jing de hun luan pingjingdehunluan | p`ing ching te hun luan pingchingtehunluan ping ching te hun luan |
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Havoc | 大混亂 大混乱 | dai kon ran daikonran | ||
Havoc | 浩劫 | hào jié / hao4 jie2 / hao jie / haojie | hao chieh / haochieh | |
Arashi Havoc | 荒らし | arashi | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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