錯

See also: 错

Translingual

Han character

錯 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金廿日 (CTA), four-corner 8416₁, composition ⿰釒昔)

Derived characters

• 𡓠

Related characters

• 错 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1312, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1813, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4214, character 18
• Unihan data for U+932F

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Chinese

trad.		錯
simp.		错
alternative forms		䥘 (ancient form)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (昔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ) – grindstone.

Etymology

"lake"

Borrowed from Tibetan མཚོ (mtsho, “lake”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò (cuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho
• Eastern Min (BUC): chó̤ / cháuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhò / chhok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshu; ⁵tsho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (錯兒／错儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuòr
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuòr
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: tswòr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoll
    • Palladius: цор (cor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔɻ⁵¹/

Note:

• cuòr - “error; mistake; fault”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: co³
    • Yale: cho
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chó̤ / cháuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔ²¹³/, /t͡sʰɑuʔ²⁴/

Note:

• chó̤ - vernacular;
• cháuk - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhok
    • Tâi-lô: tshok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshu; ⁵tsho
    • MiniDict: tshu^去; tsho^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshu; ²tsho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu³⁴/, /t͡sʰo³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshuH

Rime
Character	錯
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉故切
Baxter	tshuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰoH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɔH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰoH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錯
Reading #	1/2
No.	13276
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	厝
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 錯

1. wrong; erroneous; incorrect
   • 猜錯／猜错  ―  cāicuò  ―  to guess wrong
   • 錯字／错字  ―  cuòzì  ―  wrong Chinese character
   • 借錯書／借错书  ―  jiè cuò shū  ―  to borrow the wrong book
2. ^† bad; poor; inferior; substandard
   • 不錯／不错  ―  bùcuò  ―  not bad
3. to make a mistake; to blunder; to err

   • 我錯了，下次不敢了。 [MSC, trad.]
     我错了，下次不敢了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ cuò le, xiàcì bùgǎn le. [Pinyin]

     I made a mistake. It won't happen again.

4. error; mistake; fault
   • 出錯／出错  ―  chūcuò  ―  to make a mistake

   • 全部都是你的錯。 [MSC, trad.]
     全部都是你的错。 [MSC, simp.]

     Quánbù dōu shì nǐ de cuò. [Pinyin]

     It's all your fault.

5. (in lake names of Tibet) lake

Synonyms

• (fault):

(deprecated template usage)

• 不好
• 不是
• 不韙／不韪 (bùwěi) (literary)
• 偏差 (piānchā)
• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 失誤／失误 (shīwù)
• 差失 (chāshī)
• 差池
• 差舛 (chāchuǎn) (literary)
• 差誤／差误 (chāwù)
• 差謬／差谬 (chāmiù) (literary)
• 差錯／差错 (chācuò)
• 疏失 (shūshī) (careless mistake)
• 紕繆／纰缪 (pīmiù) (literary)
• 訛／讹 (é) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誤差／误差 (wùchā) (especially in data)
• 誤謬／误谬 (wùmiù) (fallacy)
• 謬誤／谬误 (miùwù) (fallacy)
• 責任／责任 (zérèn)
• 過失／过失 (guòshī)
• 過錯／过错 (guòcuò)
• 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù)

 

Antonyms

• (wrong): 對／对 (duì, “right/correct”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuò (cuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho
• Eastern Min (BUC): cháuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cag⁴ / co³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷tshoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻo⁴
    • Yale: tswò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuoh
    • Palladius: цо (co)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cok³
    • Yale: chok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho
    • Hakka Romanization System: co
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cháuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑuʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò
    • Tâi-lô: tshò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cag⁴ / co³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshak / tshò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰak̚²/, /t͡sʰo²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷tshoq
    • MiniDict: tshoh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshak

Rime
Character	錯
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉各切
Baxter	tshak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	錯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuò
Middle Chinese	‹ tshak ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ˁak/
English	slanting
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	錯
Reading #	2/2
No.	13280
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錯
Old Chinese	/*sʰaːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 錯

1. ^† to inlay with gold, silver, etc.
2. ^† to grind; to polish
3. ^† coarse wetstone; grindstone
4. ^† to mix; to blend
5. ^† to be in disorder; disorderly
6. to criss-cross; interlocking
7. to separate; to stagger
8. to turn

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou³
• Eastern Min (BUC): chó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou³
    • Yale: chou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou²¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 錯

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 措 (cuò, “to place; to carry out”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 措 (cuò, “to abandon; to cease; to reject”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 錯

1. (obsolete) Alternative name for 鈰／铈 (shì, “cerium”).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

錯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さく (saku, Jōyō); す (su)
• Kan-on: さく (saku, Jōyō); そ (so)
• Kan’yō-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: まじる (majiru); たがう (tagau); おく (oku)

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Korean

Hanja

錯 • (chak, jo) (hangeul 착, 조)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 錯 (thó, thác, thố, thộ, xác)

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