Chinese Character 误 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

误 meaning[3] in English

Mistake.

Error.

To Miss.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and surname Wu (吴)

Its radical[1] is: (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVRMK

How to write 误

To writewu4mistake you should write a combination of yan2'speech' or … , wu2surname Wu arranged in a shape:

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误 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 误 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:wu4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Mistake . Error . To Miss . To Harm . To Delay . To Neglect . Mistakenly

Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]

Pinyin:wu2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu . Area Comprising Southern Jiangsu, Northern Zhejiang And Shanghai . Name Of States In Southern China At Different Historical Periods

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:tian1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Day . Sky . Heaven

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 误in English or Chinese