誤

See also 误

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 呉 – to speak an error.

Han character

誤 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口口一大 (YRRMK), 卜口口女大 (YRRVK), four-corner 0668₁)

1. err, make mistake
2. interfere

References

• KangXi: page 1163, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35546
• Dae Jaweon: page 1629, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3976, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8AA4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

誤 (simplified 误, Yale ng6)

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Japanese

Kanji

誤 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ご (go)
• Kun: あやまる (ayamaru), あやまり (ayamari)

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Korean

Hanja

誤 (hangeul 오, revised o, McCune-Reischauer o, Yale o)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

誤 (simplified 误, pinyin bū (bu1), wù (wu4), Wade-Giles pu¹, wu⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

誤 (ngộ)