Read Edit View history 錯 cuòCuò HSK1 error Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong". Pinyin Separate values with commas cuò × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 错 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 錯 Simp strokes 錯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 錯 Simp strokes 錯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 錯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 814 ], [ 324, 779 ], [ 327, 766 ], [ 272, 651 ], [ 150, 472 ], [ 99, 413 ], [ 71, 390 ] ], [ [ 338, 702 ], [ 357, 701 ], [ 406, 679 ], [ 430, 664 ], [ 446, 642 ] ], [ [ 211, 487 ], [ 269, 487 ], [ 370, 519 ], [ 408, 520 ] ], [ [ 179, 347 ], [ 228, 347 ], [ 381, 390 ], [ 420, 392 ] ], [ [ 285, 469 ], [ 315, 443 ], [ 313, 210 ], [ 308, 193 ], [ 296, 182 ] ], [ [ 163, 278 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