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CHINESE CHARACTER

cuò

错

错

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bad

Numbered pinyin
cuo4
English meanings
wrong, mistaken, bad, poor, confused, complex

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 钅; right 昔.

  • Left

    钅
  • Right

    昔
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    • Top

      廿
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    • Bottom

      日

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰钅昔

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    duìbuqǐ对不起,wǒ我cuò错le了。

    I'm sorry; I was wrong.

  2. 02

    zhè这dào道tí题wǒ我zuò做cuò错le了。

    I got this question wrong.

  3. 03

    nǐ你tīng听cuò错le了。

    You misheard.

  4. 04

    zhè这gè个dìzhǐ地址cuò错le了。

    This address is wrong.

  5. 05

    zuò做cuò错shì事yào要dàoqiàn道歉。

    You should apologize when you do something wrong.

  6. 06

    bié别bǎ把hǎorén好人dāng当huàirén坏人,kàn看cuò错le了。

    Don't misjudge a good person.

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  • 不错
  • 差错
  • 没错
  • 纵横交错
  • 认错
  • 过错
  • 错位
  • 错别字
  • 错综复杂
  • 错觉
  • 错误
  • 错过