錯

錯 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金廿日 (CTA), four-corner 8416₁, composition ⿰釒昔)

• 𡓠

• 错 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1312, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1813, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4214, character 18
• Unihan data for U+932F

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 昔 (OC *sjaːɡ) – grindstone.

"whetstone, grindstone"

From 磋 (OC *sʰlaːl, “to rub; to polish”) + suffix -k (Schuessler, 2007). Related to 厝 (OC *sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ).

"criss-cross, interlocking, alternating, ornate"

Related to 醋 (OC *sʰaːɡs), 胙 (OC *zaːɡs) and 祚 (OC *zaːɡs). Perhaps semantically extended to "mistake" (Schuessler, 2007).

"lake"

Borrowed from Tibetan མཚོ (mtsho, “lake”).

"cerium"

Borrowed from English cerium.

錯

1. wrong; erroneous; incorrect

   猜錯／猜错  ―  cāicuò  ―  to guess wrong

   錯字／错字  ―  cuòzì  ―  wrong Chinese character

   借錯書／借错书  ―  jiè cuò shū  ―  to borrow the wrong book

2. (in fixed expressions) bad; poor; inferior; substandard

   不錯／不错  ―  bùcuò  ―  not bad

3. to make a mistake; to blunder; to err

   我錯了，下次不敢了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我错了，下次不敢了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cuò le, xiàcì bùgǎn le.

   I made a mistake. It won't happen again.

4. error; mistake; fault

   出錯／出错  ―  chūcuò  ―  to make a mistake

   全部都是你的錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   全部都是你的错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Quánbù dōu shì nǐ de cuò.

   It's all your fault.

5. (in lake names of Tibet) lake

• (fault):

• (antonym(s) of “wrong”): 對／对 (duì, “right/correct”)

錯

1. ^† to inlay with gold, silver, etc.
2. ^† to grind; to polish
3. ^† (alt. form 厝) coarse whetstone; grindstone
4. ^† to mix; to blend
5. ^† to be in disorder; disorderly
6. to criss-cross; interlocking
7. to separate; to stagger
8. to turn

• (to separate): 錯開／错开 (cuòkāi)

錯

1. ^† Alternative form of 措 (cuò, “to place; to carry out”)
2. ^† Alternative form of 措 (cuò, “to abandon; to cease; to reject”)

錯

1. (chemistry, obsolete) Alternative name for 鈰／铈 (shì, “cerium”).

• “錯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. mix, blend
2. err, mistake; make an error

• Go-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)、す (su)
• Kan-on: さく (saku, Jōyō)、そ (so)
• Kan’yō-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: まじる (majiru, 錯じる)、まちがう (machigau, 錯う)、あやまる (ayamaru, 錯る)

錯 • (chak, jo) (hangeul 착, 조)

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錯: Hán Nôm readings: thó, thác, thố, thộ, xác

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