誤 means “mistake, error”

ご · go

Also: err, do wrong, mislead

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あやまる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゴ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 6 · 14 strokes

The story

Words (言) from a figure with head tipped back (呉), too sure of himself to check: error. 誤解 is a misunderstanding, 誤字 a miswritten character, and 誤り a more formal word for a mistake.

Used in 誤解 (gokai, misunderstanding), 誤り (ayamari, error), and 誤字 (goji, typo)

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