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Chinese symbol for “erroneous”

谬
miù
Traditional: 謬
(bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for erroneous is 谬 (miù), defined as: (bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

谬 miù
absurd; error, exaggeration
radical 149 ⾔ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “erroneous”

WordPinyinMeaning
错位 (錯位)cuò wèito be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition
舛chuǎnmistaken; erroneous
不正确 (不正確)bù zhèng quèincorrect; erroneous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 谬.

WordPinyinMeaning
荒谬 (荒謬)huāng miùabsurd; ridiculous
谬误 (謬誤)miù wùerror; mistaken idea
谬论 (謬論)miù lùnmisconception; fallacy
悖谬 (悖謬)bèi miùabsurd; irrational
荒谬绝伦 (荒謬絕倫)huāng miù jué lúnabsolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous; the height of folly
归谬法 (歸謬法)guī miù fǎreductio ad absurdum; arguing by contradiction

See also: Japanese symbol for “erroneous”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.