誤
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wù · error, fault, mistake

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14Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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言Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 誤

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Example sentences

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Tā kě néng wù jiě nǐ le.他可能誤解你了。

He may have misunderstood you.

Source: Tatoeba #833040 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú shì, nǐ wù huì le.不是,你誤會了。

No, you misunderstood.

Source: Tatoeba #1661531 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā wù jiě le wǒ.他誤解了我。

He got me wrong.

Source: Tatoeba #13882182 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de zuò wén yǒu yì xiē cuò wù.你的作文有一些錯誤。

Your composition has a few mistakes.

Source: Tatoeba #874513 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yòu fàn le tóng yàng de cuò wù le.她又犯了同樣的錯誤了。

She made the same mistake again.

Source: Tatoeba #795861 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ wǒ wù rèn wéi shì wǒ de mǔ qīn.他把我誤認為是我的母親。

He mistook me for my mother.

Source: Tatoeba #848359 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 誤 in context

  1. Say wù, then recall the core meaning: error, fault, mistake.
  2. Write all 14 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 誤 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.