誤 – mistake, err, do wrong

14 strokesTaught in grade 6#1150 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 誤 means mistake, err, do wrong, mislead. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あやま.る、-あやま.る (ayamaru, ayamaru). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	あやま.る	ayamaru
Kun’yomi	-あやま.る	ayamaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・口・ハ.

Words using 誤

誤りあやまりerror誤解ごかいmisunderstanding誤差ごさmeasurement error錯誤さくごmistake誤るあやまるto make a mistake (in)

Example sentences

私の誤りは彼の怒りを招いた。

My mistake incurred his anger.

Tatoeba #163667

あなたを誤解してしまってごめんなさい。

I'm sorry I misunderstood you.

Tatoeba #231429

我々は誤差を見込んで余裕をとっておいた。

We left a margin for error in our estimates.

Tatoeba #185868

Kanji with the same radical

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