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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wù | wu4
English translation
error, fault, mistake; to delay

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言吴

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
错误 cuòwù error錯誤
误会 wùhuì to mistake誤會
失误 shīwù lapse失誤
mistake
误解 wùjiě to misread誤解
耽误 dānwu to delay耽誤
误导 wù dǎo to mislead誤導
误差 wùchā error誤差
延误 yán wu to delay延誤
误区 wù qū mistaken ideas誤區
无误 wú wù verified無誤
误伤 wù shāng accidental injury誤傷
误判 wù pàn to misjudge誤判
误杀 wù shā manslaughter誤殺
误入歧途 wù rù qí tú to go astray誤入歧途
谬误 miù wù error謬誤
贻误 yí wù to affect adversely貽誤
误用 wù yòng to misuse誤用
误事 wù shì to hold things up誤事
误点 wù diǎn not on time誤點
笔误 bǐ wù a slip of a pen筆誤
误工 wù gōng to delay one's work誤工
误人子弟 wù rén zǐ dì to lead people astray誤人子弟

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