漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
誤: mistake, err
Also: do wrong, mislead
JLPT N314 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 呉 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ゴgo · on'yomi · in compounds
- 誤字ごじmisprint
- 誤算ごさんmiscalculation
- 誤差ごさerror
- 誤報ごほうmisinformation
- 誤解するごかいするmisunderstand
あやまるayamaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 誤るあやまるmake a mistake
Also read -あやまる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side誤 mistake · 呉
vs説 opinion · 兌In ChineseSimplified 误 · traditional, as in Japanese · wù
Japan keeps the traditional form 誤; mainland China simplifies it to 误.
- Simplified
- 误 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 誤 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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