The kanji 誤: meaning, readings and stroke order

誤

Meaning: mistake, wrong
On reading: ゴ go
Kun reading: あやま（る） ayamaru
Strokes: 14
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sai, nhầm (ngộ)
Japanese: まちがえる。あやまり。
Korean: 틀리다, 잘못 (오)
Chinese: 错误、弄错 (误)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴ go · on reading

誤ご解かい
misunderstanding
話を 誤ご解かいしていました。
I had misunderstood what was said.

あやま（る） ayamaru · kun reading · less common

誤あやまる
to make a mistake, to get wrong
計算を 誤あやまりました。
I made a mistake in my math.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.