IDENTITY
错cuòwrong; mistake
HSK 1Top 250
CORE MEANING
wrong; mistake
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.wrongHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 钅metal radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰钅昔
- metal
- gives the sound cuò (historical)
USAGE
Common words
不错búcuònot bad
错误cuòwùmistake
Graded examples
没关系，错了可以改。Méi guānxi, cuò le kěyǐ gǎi.HSK3
It’s okay, mistakes can be corrected.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 借
LEARNING
Memory aid
Metal (钅) coated over the old (昔) — plating; things gone wrong. (From 錯.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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