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错
錯
Cuò
1. surname Cuo
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

错
cuò
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong
HSK 2 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

不错
bùcuò
correct
交错
jiāocuò
to crisscross
做错
zuòcuò
to make an error
出错
chūcuò
to make a mistake
大错
dàcuò
blunder
失错
shīcuò
mistake
差错
chācuò
mistake
弄错
nòngcuò
to err
打错
dǎcuò
to err
拼错
pīncuò
to misspell
排错
páicuò
troubleshooting
揪错
jiūcuò
lit. to grab wrong
搞错
gǎocuò
mistake
改错
gǎicuò
to correct an error
没错
méicuò
that's right
海错
hǎicuò
seafood delicacy
犯错
fàncuò
to err
璀错
cuǐcuò
many and varied
盘错
páncuò
intertwined (of tree roots or branches)
看错
kàncuò
a mistake

Alternate Entries

错
cuò
mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
637
Word Frequency Rank
168 of 84,292

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