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Chinese symbol for “misconceptions”

误区
wù qū
Traditional: 誤區
mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways

The closest CC-CEDICT match for misconceptions is 误区 (wù qū), defined as: mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways.

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Characters and stroke order

误 wù
error, fault, mistake; to delay
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes
区 qū
area, district, region, ward; surname
radical 23 ⼖ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 误区.

WordPinyinMeaning
错误 (錯誤)cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
失误 (失誤)shī wùlapse; mistake
误解 (誤解)wù jiěto misunderstand; misunderstanding
误会 (誤會)wù huìto misunderstand; to mistake
误导 (誤導)wù dǎoto mislead; to misguide
耽误 (耽誤)dān wuto delay; to hold up
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
区域 (區域)qū yùarea; region

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.