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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: ゴ

Composition: 言 呉

誤

Radical

Radical: 言

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Reading: ごんべん

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Examples

Examples with audio

誤字(ごじ)   misprint

誤算(ごさん)   miscalculation

誤差(ごさ)   error

誤報(ごほう)   misinformation

誤解する(ごかいする)   misunderstand

誤る(あやまる)   make a mistake

Onyomi Examples

誤 (ゴ) mistake, error

誤解 (ゴカイ) misunderstanding

時代錯誤 (ジダイサクゴ) anachronism

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

Kunyomi Examples

誤る (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

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