误 — Chinese character
误
wù
error, fault, mistake; to delay
- Pinyin
- wù
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 讠 吴
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 吴
- Traditional
- 誤
Common words with 误
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 错误 (錯誤) | cuò wù | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake |
| 失误 (失誤) | shī wù | lapse; mistake |
| 误解 (誤解) | wù jiě | to misunderstand; misunderstanding |
| 误会 (誤會) | wù huì | to misunderstand; to mistake |
| 误导 (誤導) | wù dǎo | to mislead; to misguide |
| 耽误 (耽誤) | dān wu | to delay; to hold up |
| 误差 (誤差) | wù chā | difference; error |
| 延误 (延誤) | yán wù | to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity) |
| 谬误 (謬誤) | miù wù | error; mistaken idea |
| 无误 (無誤) | wú wù | verified; unmistaken |
| 误区 (誤區) | wù qū | mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways |
| 误判 (誤判) | wù pàn | to misjudge; error of judgment |
English words written with 误
- wrong
- accidentally
- mistaken
- verified
- misleading
- lapse
- mistakenly
- manslaughter
- typo
- mislead
- misconceptions
- misunderstand
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.