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错cuò

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错

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Shuowen

错. Composed of 金 (metal) and 昔 (former/past) serving as phonetic; the original meaning was to inlay or interlace metals, as in decorating one metal with another. The metal radical indicates the material involved, while the character depicts the crossing or interweaving of metal pieces. From this sense of things not aligning properly came the later extended meaning of "wrong" or "mistaken."

Pinyin

cuò· HSK 2