Taxonomy of meanings for 誤:　　

  • 誤 wù (OC: ŋʷaas MC: ŋuo) 五故切 去 廣韻：【謬誤五故切十四 】
    • CHEAT
      • vtoNcausativecheat, delude, mislead
      • vtoNcausativecause somebody to be mistaken> cheat; delude; mislead
    • DISASTER
      • vtoNcausativecause things to go wrong
    • MISTAKE
      • nabactmistake, act of carelessness
      • vadNmisguided, deluded
      • vadVwrongly; in a wrong way; mistakenly; by inadvertent mistake
      • vibe mistaken or misguided (said both of words and of people)
      • viactcommit a mistake; do things by mistake or inadvertently
      • vt+prep+Nerr in ragard of
      • vt+prep+NPab{ACT}make a mistake in V-ing
      • vtoNerr about; be mistaken about
      • vtoNputativeconsider as mistaken
  • 誤 wù (OC: ŋʷaas MC: ŋuo) 五故切 去 廣韻：【同誤 】

    Additional information about 誤

    說文解字:

      Criteria
    • MISTAKE

      1. The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind.

      2. Wù 誤 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers quite generally to intellectual misapprehension.

      3. Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.

      4. Quē 闕 (ant. wán 完 "completely right") is a polite circumlocution for a superior's inadvertencies or mistakes in action..

      5. Tè 忒 and chà 差 is an archaic word for unreglemented personal or political conduct.

      NB: Cuò 錯 as a standard word for "mistake" is post-Han.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: (MISTAKE)失/MISTAKE The most current general word for a mistake is probably shī 失 (ant. dé 得 "get things right") refers generally to an inadvertent mistake in action, and normally of minor kind.
    • Assoc: (DISASTER)謬 / 繆/MISTAKE Miù 謬 (ant. zhèng 正 "correct") typically refers to an intellectual misapprehension because of complete baselessness of what is being said.
    • Assoc: (MISTAKE)亂/REVOLT Luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "regularly political government") refers to a major political upheaval designed to topple the reigning government.
    • Assoc: (MISTAKE)過/MISTAKE
    • Synon: (MISTAKE)訛/MISTAKE
    • Synon: (MISTAKE)非/MISTAKE