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Kanji Detail for 錯 - "to mistake, to mix"

錯

  • Meaning

    錯 means "to mistake, to mix." Also associated with different.

    1. To mix - To interweave; to intermingle; to confuse.

    2. To mistake - To err; to be wrong.

    3. Different - To differ; to contradict.

    4. File - To file and polish.

    5. To plate - To coat with thin metal.

    6. To place - To set; to arrange. Same as 措.

  • Words using 錯

    • 試行錯誤 しこうさくご Listen trial and error
    • 錯覚 さっかく Listen illusion; hallucination; misapprehension
    • 時代錯誤 じだいさくご Listen anachronism
    • 錯誤 さくご Listen mistake; error; discrepancy

  • Four-character idioms with 錯

    • 時代錯誤 じだいさくご Listen anachronism
    • 試行錯誤 しこうさくご Listen trial and error
    • 盤根錯節 ばんこんさくせつ Listen hard-to-penetrate event; hard-to-penetrate situation

  • Tattoo check: 錯

    • Verified meaning: to mistake, to mix
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: different
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    confused; mix; be in disorder

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    error, blunder, mistake, wrong

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Cuo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    error, mistake; incorrect, wrong

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    One of the chemical metallic elements. Light yellow in color. Very rare. | To kill. The ancient character for 劉. | In Liangzhou | One of the chemical metallic elements. Very rare.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    saku(サク) サク

    shaku(シャク) シャク

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to mistake different to mix to place to plate apologize file intermingle confusion error blunder disorder misunderstanding jumble interweave coat polish

Sentences including 錯

  • I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

More kanji with the radical 金 (kane・kanehen)

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