Memory phrase for the character: 错

错

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Meaning

flawed, mistake, wrong, interlocking, to polish

Pronunciation

cuò

Explanation

 Left: metal/gold 钅(=金 Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of old times.)

Mnemonic
 
(Modern steel is better:) The metal of former times was flawed.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
昔 former times




 Vocabulary

错误 cuò wù  error; mistake; mistaken
不错 bù cuò  correct; right; not bad; pretty good
错愕 cuò è  to astonish; startled
揪错 jiū cuò  lit. to grab wrong; misconception; blunder; howler
揪错 jiū cuò  

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