• 637th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 87 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cuò (Cuo4)surname Cuo
2. cuò (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 cuò (cuo4)The component is pronounced as 'cǎo' (cao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

不错 (不錯)
错误 (錯誤)
错过 (錯過)

Uncommon

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)
错乱 (錯亂)
错失 (錯失)
错爱 (錯愛)
错觉 (錯覺)

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  • 375th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 204 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shī (shi1)to lose • to miss • to fail

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

失去 
失败 (失敗)
失望 
失眠 
消失 

Uncommon

丢失 (丟失)
丧失 (喪失)
失地 
失意 
失态 (失態)
失恋 (失戀)
失控 
失败者 (失敗者)
失业 (失業)
失落 
失误 (失誤)
失调 (失調)
失踪 (失蹤)
得失 
患得患失 
损失 (損失)
流失 
缺失 
走失 
迷失 
过失 (過失)
遗失 (遺失)
错失 (錯失)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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