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誤 = 言 + 呉

誤 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mistake”. It is built from 言 (say) and 呉 (give). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2048.

Keyword
mistake
RTK frame
2048
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あやま.る, -あやま.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ошибка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
誤 err

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 言 say
  2. 呉 give

How to find 誤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “say” + “give”. 誤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 誤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.