Kanji
N3 14 strokes Grade 6 freq #1150

mistake, err, do wrong, mislead

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

misunderstanding
miscalculation
trial and error
measurement error; calculation error
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
anachronism
false report; incorrect report
mistake; fault
misjudgement; misjudgment
misprint; misspelling

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

error; mistake
accidentally; in error
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error
to deceive; to cheat

Example sentences

He seems to be unaware of his mistake.

He regrets his mistake.

Please don't misunderstand me.

It occurs to me that I may have misunderstood you.