Chinese symbol for “wrong”
错误
cuò wù
Traditional: 錯誤
mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wrong is 错误 (cuò wù), defined as: mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wrong”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 | fēi | to not be; not; wrong; incorrect |
| 错 (錯) | cuò | mistake; wrong |
| 差 | chà | different; wrong; mistaken |
| 左 | zuǒ | left; the Left (politics) |
| 曲 | qū | bent; crooked |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 错误.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不错 (不錯) | bù cuò | correct; right |
| 没错 (沒錯) | méi cuò | that's right; sure! |
| 错过 (錯過) | cuò guò | to miss (train, opportunity etc) |
| 过错 (過錯) | guò cuò | mistake; fault |
| 出错 (出錯) | chū cuò | to make a mistake; error |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wrong”.
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.