Japanese symbol for “miscalculation”
誤算
ごさん
Romaji: gosan
miscalculation
In Japanese, miscalculation is 誤算, read ごさん (gosan).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt miscalculation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “miscalculation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 違算 | いさん isan | miscalculation |
| 勘定違い | かんじょうちがい kanjouchigai | miscalculation |
| 見込み違い | みこみちがい mikomichigai | miscalculation |
| 思惑違い | おもわくちがい omowakuchigai | miscalculation; disappointment |
| 計算違い | けいさんちがい keisanchigai | miscalculation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誤解 | ごかい gokai | misunderstanding |
| 誤り | あやまり ayamari | error; mistake; slip |
| 誤差 | ごさ gosa | measurement error; calculation error |
| 試行錯誤 | しこうさくご shikousakugo | trial and error |
| 誤字 | ごじ goji | misprint; misspelling; typo |
| 誤報 | ごほう gohou | false report; incorrect report; misinformation |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
| 予算 | よさん yosan | estimate (of costs); budget |
See also: Chinese symbol for “miscalculation”.
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.