What is the Kanji for "Mistake"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Mistake", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Mistake" is "誤".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Ayama".

Its onyomi reading is "Go".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "訁" means "Say" . And The kanji "呉" means "Give" and "Wu China" and can be read as "Go", "Ku", and "Kure".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "誤" mean in japanese?

"誤" means "Mistake".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N3 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

誤解: "Misunderstanding". The Japanese verbal noun '誤解 (ごかい)' means 'misunderstanding'. This noun refers to a situation where someone fails to properly understand or interpret something, leading to an incorrect perception or belief. It can be used to describe a lack of correct understanding between two or more people. For example: There was a misunderstanding between us - (私たちの間で誤解があった). I'm sorry for the misunderstanding - (誤解してしまってすみません).

誤る: "Err". The verb '誤る (あやまる)' means 'to err' or 'to make a mistake'. It is used to describe when someone does something incorrectly or unintentionally. This verb carries a nuance of apologizing or acknowledging an error. For example: I erred in my judgment - (私は判断を誤りました). The customer service agent made an error in their calculations - (そのカスタマーサービスの担当者は計算を誤りました).

誤り: "Mistake". The Japanese noun '誤り (あやまり)' refers to a mistake, error or inaccuracy. It can be used to describe a factual, logical or judgmental error made by a person. This word carries a nuance of acknowledging the mistake and recognizes the need for correction. For example: There was a mistake in the calculations - (計算に誤りがあった). I apologize for the mistake - (誤りを詫びます).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ご" is read as "go". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "や" is read as "ya". And The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.