Meta:

  1. 错 is the 637th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 56 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (metal/gold), (grass), (one), (sun/day)
Graphical :
=> 丿, , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Cuo4 - surname Cuo
  2. cuo4 - 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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 错 (cuo4): The component 艹 is pronounced as 'cao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

不错 (不錯)
 ()
错过 (錯過)

Medium Frequency

交错 (交錯)
做错 (做錯)
出错 (出錯)
打错 (打錯)
搞错 (搞錯)
没错 (沒錯)
犯错 (犯錯)
看错 (看錯)
认错 (認錯)
走错 (走錯)
过错 (過錯)
错失 (錯失)
错爱 (錯愛)
错觉 (錯覺)
错误 (錯誤)

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Meta:

  1. 误 is the 852nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (speech), (mouth), (one), (big)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wu4 - mistake/error/to miss/to harm/to delay/to neglect/mistakenly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

失误 (失誤)
 ()
误会 (誤會)
误解 (誤解)
错误 (錯誤)

Medium Frequency

延误 (延誤)
耽误 (耽誤)
误伤 (誤傷)
误区 (誤區)
误导 (誤導)
误机 (誤機)
误杀 (誤殺)
误点 (誤點)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.