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Chinese symbol for “misinterpretation”

错解
cuò jiě
Traditional: 錯解
misinterpretation; mistaken explanation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for misinterpretation is 错解 (cuò jiě), defined as: misinterpretation; mistaken explanation.

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Characters and stroke order

错 cuò
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong
radical 167 ⾦ · 13 strokes
解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 错解.

WordPinyinMeaning
错误 (錯誤)cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
不错 (不錯)bù cuòcorrect; right
没错 (沒錯)méi cuòthat's right; sure!
错过 (錯過)cuò guòto miss (train, opportunity etc)
过错 (過錯)guò cuòmistake; fault
出错 (出錯)chū cuòto make a mistake; error
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “misinterpretation”.

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.