錯
錯 — Confused
confused, mix, be in disorder
On’yomiサク (saku)
On’yomiシャク (shaku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 錯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 試行錯誤 | しこうさくご shikousakugo | trial and error |
| 錯覚 | さっかく sakkaku | illusion; hallucination; misapprehension |
| 錯誤 | さくご sakugo | mistake; error; discrepancy |
| 時代錯誤 | じだいさくご jidaisakugo | anachronism |
| 交錯 | こうさく kousaku | mixture; blending; complication |
| 錯綜 | さくそう sakusou | becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate |
Study notes
錯 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1740 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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