錯
cuòcù HSK1

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 2, 2026, 11:27 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 2, 2026, 11:27 PM

金 → 釒

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Original meaning: grind stone

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".

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
昔
昔 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshak[tsʰ]ˤak slanting

說文解字

《說文》:“錯,金涂也。从金,昔聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica