Japanese symbol for “goof”
錯和
ちょんぼ
Romaji: chonbo
mistake; blunder; bungle; goof
In Japanese, goof is 錯和, read ちょんぼ (chonbo).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs mistake; blunder; bungle; goof
- n, vi, vs unintentional rule violation accompanied by a penalty (mahj)
- n, vi, vs mistakenly announcing a win without having all the requisite tiles (mahj)
Written forms: 錯和、冲和. Readings: ちょんぼ、チョンボ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “goof”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| やっちまう | やっちまう yatchimau | to screw up; to goof; to do (something one regrets) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 錯覚 | さっかく sakkaku | illusion; hallucination |
| 試行錯誤 | しこうさくご shikousakugo | trial and error |
| 錯誤 | さくご sakugo | mistake; error; discrepancy |
| 錯乱 | さくらん sakuran | confusion; distraction; derangement |
| 交錯 | こうさく kousaku | mixture; blending; complication |
| 倒錯 | とうさく tousaku | perversion |
| 平和 | へいわ heiwa | peace; harmony |
| 昭和 | しょうわ shouwa | Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.