Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

1150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: mistake, err, do wrong, mislead

Kunyomi: あやま.る -あやま.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

字(ごじ)   misprint

算(ごさん)   miscalculation

差(ごさ)   error

報(ごほう)   misinformation

解する(ごかいする)   misunderstand

る(あやまる)   make a mistake

Onyomi Examples

mistake, error

ゴカイ misunderstanding

時代錯 ジダイサクゴ anachronism

サクゴ mistake, error, discrepancy, discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

Kunyomi Examples

あやまる to make a mistake (in), to commit an error, to do incorrectly, to err, to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be false, to be mistaken, to mislead, to misguide, to lead astray