cuò

error

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components
金 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

昔 sound component

  Sound component

  

in the past, ancient times

Evolution

錯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
錯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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cuò

error, blunder, mistake, wrong; mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver

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Cuò

surname Cuo

Most common words with 錯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mistake

不错

correct

错误

error

错过

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

过错

mistake