Kanji N3

誤: mistake, err, do wrong

誤 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning mistake, err, do wrong, written with 14 strokes. It is read ゴ (on) and あやまる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 誤り (あやまり, error) and 誤解 (ごかい, misunderstanding).

誤

Meanings

  • mistake
  • err
  • do wrong
  • mislead
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1150 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゴ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あやまる
  • -あやまる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

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Common words with 誤

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 誤りあやまり

    error; mistake; slip; bug

    JLPT N3
  • 誤解ごかい

    misunderstanding

    JLPT N3
  • 誤差ごさ

    measurement error; calculation error

    JLPT N1
  • 誤魔化すごまかす

    to deceive; to cheat; to swindle

    JLPT N1
  • 誤るあやまる

    to make a mistake (in); to commit an error

    JLPT N1
  • 錯誤さくご

    mistake; error; discrepancy

    JLPT N1
  • 間誤付くまごつく

    to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss

    JLPT N1
  • 誤ってあやまって

    accidentally; in error; by mistake; by accident

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.