Read Edit View history 错 cuòCuò HSK1 error Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 25, 2020, 07:15 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 25, 2020, 07:15 AM add old pronunciation Changed fields: components, historicalPronunciations 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 钅 Meaning component 钅 is a component form of 金. 昔 昔 Sound component Change in sound 错 and 昔 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode