错 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

cuòCuò HSK1

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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".

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Change in sound

错 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
错 *[tsʰ]ˤak
昔 *[s]Ak

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode