错(cuò)

HSK 113 strokesTrad. 錯

surname Cuo

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Character information

Pinyin
cuò
Meaning
surname Cuo
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
錯

Origin & structure

Where 错 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰钅昔

Gold 钅 that once was 昔 but is lost

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

钅jīn昔xī

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 錯: Gold 釒 that once was 昔 but is lost

How to write 错 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 错

Common words using 错 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bù不cuò错
HSK 2

correct; right; not bad; pretty good

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cuò错wù误
HSK 3

mistaken; false; wrong

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méi没cuò错
HSK 4

that's right

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cuò错guò过
HSK 6

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

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chā差cuò错
HSK 7-9

mistake; slip-up; fault; error

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rèn认cuò错
HSK 7-9

to admit an error

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guò过cuò错
HSK 7-9

mistake

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cuò错wèi位
HSK 7-9

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced

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一七三上下不东两

From 错’s common words

不误没过差认位

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