誤

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See also: 误
誤 U+8AA4, 誤
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Translingual

Japanese 誤
Simplified 误
Traditional 誤

Han character

誤 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口口一大 (YRRMK) or 卜口口女大 (YRRVK), four-corner 06681, composition ⿰訁吴 or ⿰訁呉 or ⿰訁吳)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1163, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35546
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1629, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3976, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8AA4

Chinese

trad. 誤
simp. 误
alternative forms 悞／悮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
吳 *ŋʷaː
蜈 *ŋʷaː
鋘 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷraː
麌 *ŋʷaː, *ŋʷaʔ
祦 *ŋaː
誤 *ŋʷaːs
悞 *ŋʷaːs
娛 *ŋʷaːs, *ŋʷa
虞 *ŋʷa
澞 *ŋʷa
鸆 *ŋʷa
俁 *ŋʷaʔ
噳 *ŋʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋʷaːs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 吳 (OC *ŋʷaː) – to speak an error.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • u5 - vernacular;
  • u4 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 誤
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
    Final (韻) 模 (23)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 五故切
    Baxter nguH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ŋuoH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ŋuoH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ŋoH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ŋɔH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ŋoH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ŋuH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ŋuoH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		wù
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ng6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 誤
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		wù
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nguH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ŋʷˁa-s/
    English deceive; mistake

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 誤
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13099
    Phonetic
    component         		吴
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		誤
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ŋʷaːs/

    Definitions

    誤

    1. incorrect
      誤解／误解  ―  wùjiě  ―  misconception
      很多人誤以為竹子是一種樹。 [MSC, trad.]
      很多人误以为竹子是一种树。 [MSC, simp.]
      Hěnduō rén wù yǐwéi zhúzi shì yī zhǒnɡ shù.
      Many people wrongly believe that bamboo is a tree.
    2. error; mistake
      筆誤／笔误  ―  bǐwù  ―  slip of the pen
    3. to miss
      誤點／误点  ―  wùdiǎn  ―  to be behind schedule
      誤了飛機／误了飞机  ―  wù le fēijī  ―  to have missed a flight
    4. to hinder; to impair; to delay
      誤國／误国  ―  wùguó  ―  to be detrimental to the nation
      誤人子弟／误人子弟  ―  wùrénzǐdì  ―  to lead young people astray
    5. to confuse; to delude
    6. mistakenly
      誤傷／误伤  ―  wùshāng  ―  to injure by mistake
    7. (Internet slang) A particle placed at the end of a sentence to indicate that the poster is joking. (used with parentheses) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai 誤
    Kyūjitai
    誤󠄁
    誤+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    誤󠄄
    誤+&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

    誤

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. wrong, incorrect
    2. to err, to mistake, error

    Readings

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

    1. ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “誤”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
    2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1975 (paper), page 1039 (digital)
    3. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1125 (paper), page 575 (digital)

    Korean

    Hanja

    誤 (eumhun 그르칠 오 (geureuchil o))

    1. Hanja form? of 오 (“error; blunder”).
    2. Hanja form? of 오 (“doubt; suspicion”).

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    誤: Hán Nôm readings: nhầm, lầm

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