Read Edit View history 错 cuòCuò HSK1 error Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 錯. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 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 Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 錯 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 钅 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 错 Simp strokes 错 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 错 Simp strokes 错 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 错 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 802 ], [ 324, 767 ], [ 327, 754 ], [ 275, 647 ], [ 251, 602 ], [ 160, 474 ], [ 71, 378 ] ], [ [ 288, 611 ], [ 404, 645 ], [ 436, 650 ], [ 460, 646 ] ], [ [ 211, 475 ], [ 246, 472 ], [ 305, 483 ], [ 361, 505 ], [ 411, 508 ] ], [ [ 155, 314 ], [ 227, 318 ], [ 358, 357 ], [ 404, 357 ] ], [ [ 260, 455 ], [ 290, 437 ], [ 301, 421 ], [ 305, 288 ], [ 293, 146 ], [ 297, 110 ], [ 328, 119 ], [ 446, 216 ] ], [ [ 489, 545 ], [ 562, 540 ], [ 776, 591 ], [ 824, 592 ] ], [ [ 531, 700 ], [ 554, 679 ], [ 572, 649 ], [ 586, 437 ], [ 573, 418 ] ], [ [ 713, 799 ], [ 748, 767 ], 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700 789 Q 719 755 718 733 Q 717 669 711 597 L 707 550 Q 701 492 693 429 C 689 399 734 408 738 438 Z", "M 568 408 Q 507 401 442 388 Q 424 387 438 371 Q 451 359 467 355 Q 486 351 501 355 Q 663 407 922 408 Q 940 409 944 417 Q 948 427 933 439 Q 878 478 819 456 Q 783 450 738 438 L 693 429 Q 680 428 668 425 Q 638 421 608 415 L 568 408 Z", "M 555 288 Q 528 300 512 299 Q 502 295 506 285 Q 542 227 518 105 Q 500 53 529 18 Q 536 8 544 13 Q 553 20 560 43 L 567 75 Q 567 85 568 152 L 567 177 Q 567 238 568 257 C 569 282 569 282 555 288 Z", "M 733 59 Q 751 31 766 0 Q 778 -22 788 -24 Q 800 -24 809 1 Q 825 46 820 154 Q 816 247 824 276 Q 833 298 820 308 Q 811 320 773 337 Q 755 346 715 331 Q 678 316 634 306 Q 600 297 555 288 C 526 282 540 247 568 257 Q 623 279 718 293 Q 742 296 748 288 Q 754 282 755 151 Q 756 105 751 96 Q 747 89 737 89 C 720 80 720 80 733 59 Z", "M 568 152 Q 571 152 576 152 Q 648 165 700 173 Q 722 177 713 189 Q 703 202 679 206 Q 646 209 567 177 C 539 166 538 152 568 152 Z", "M 560 43 Q 566 42 576 43 Q 625 53 733 59 C 763 61 760 69 737 89 Q 733 93 728 96 Q 713 105 684 98 Q 620 85 567 75 C 538 69 530 45 560 43 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.