懂中文 Dong Chinese

錯

cuò

error

Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "grind stone", which later shifted to "mix", "be in disorder", and "wrong".

Components
金 meaning component

金  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

昔 sound component

昔  Sound component

xī

  

in the past, ancient times

Evolution

錯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
錯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

错 (錯) 

cuò

error, blunder, mistake, wrong; mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver

错 (錯) 

Cuò

surname Cuo

Most common words with 錯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

错

mistake

不错

correct

错误

error

错过

to miss (train, opportunity etc)

过错

mistake