错
cuòCuò HSK1

error

错 (錯) cuò frequency
wrong noun
incorrect, mistaken, or a mistake

这道题你做错了。

zhè dào tí nǐ zuò cuò le.

You got this question wrong.

bad verb
poor or inferior (frequently occurring in the negative form 'not bad')

他的英文水平很不错。

tā de Yīng​wén shuǐ​píng hěn bù cuò.

His English level is quite good.

interlock verb
interlocking, overlapping, or complex

这里的地形重叠交错，进山后很容易迷路。

zhè​lǐ de dì​xíng chóng​dié jiāo cuò, jìn​shān hòu hěn róng​yì mí​lù.

The terrain here is overlapping and crisscrossed; it's easy to get lost after entering the mountains.

grind noun
to grind, polish, or use a tool for such a purpose

这件青铜器使用了错金工艺，虽然年代久远依然闪闪发光。

zhè jiàn qīng​tóng​qì shǐ​yòng le cuò jīn gōng​yì, suī​rán nián​dài jiǔ​yuǎn yī​rán shǎn​shǎn fā​guāng.

This bronze artifact features gold inlay; despite its great age, it still shines brightly.

inlay verb
to decorate by inlaying with gold, silver, or other materials

这件古董错有银纹。

zhè jiàn gǔ​dǒng cuò yǒu yín​wén.

This antique is inlaid with silver patterns.

miss verb
to miss, let slip, stagger, alternate, or evade

我们两个的时间正好错开了。

wǒ​men liǎng gè de shí​jiān zhèng​hǎo cuò​kāi le.

The two of us happened to have staggered schedules.

错 (錯) Cuò
surname Cuo proper name

错氏是一个罕见的姓氏。

Cuò shì shì yī gè hǎn​jiàn de xìng​shì.

Cuo is a rare surname.

Frequency
Character
Written text
638th most common 322.5 per million
Movie subtitles
132nd most common 1349.9 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1078.1 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
136.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
錯
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+9519

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)