Chinese symbol for “inaccuracy”

误差

wù chā

Traditional: 誤差

difference; error; inaccuracy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inaccuracy is 误差 (wù chā), defined as: difference; error; inaccuracy.

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Characters and stroke order

误 wù

error, fault, mistake; to delay

radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes

差 chā

difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer

radical 48 ⼯ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

誤 wù

Related words

Other words that share a character with 误差.

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
差异 (差異)	chā yì	difference; discrepancy
差不多	chà bu duō	almost; nearly

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.