Dong Chinese dictionary

wù

mistake

Simplified form of 誤. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

吴 Sound component

wú

one of warring states

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

wù

err, make mistake; interfere; mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly

Most common words with 误

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