誤 — mistake, err, do wrong

あやまる誤 mistake

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+8AA4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1150 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2048 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

mistake
err
do wrong
mislead

word

あやま ayama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

誤(あやま) る ayamaru to make a mistake 誤(あやま) り ayamari error

こ・ご ko On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

誤(ご) 解(かい) gokai misunderstanding 誤(ご) 差(さ) gosa error 誤(ご) 認(にん) gonin misidentification 試(し) 行(こう) 錯(さく) 誤(ご) shikousakugo trial and error

Appears in idioms

試行錯誤四字熟語

test, go, confused, mistake

時代錯誤四字熟語

time, substitute, confused, mistake

Stroke order

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Components

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くれ呉 give

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誤 — mistake, err, do wrong

Meanings

word

あやま ayama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

こ・ご ko On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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誤 — mistake, err, do wrong

Meanings

word

あやま ayama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

こ ・ご ko On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

こ・ご ko On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).