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錯

confused
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingサク、シャク
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. confusedRtK
    彼は自分が天才だと錯覚していた。He had the illusion that he was a genius.tatoeba
    試行錯誤は進歩に不可欠だ。Trial and error is essential to progress.tatoeba
  2. mix
  3. be in disorder
  1. illusion
  2. hallucination
  3. misapprehension
  4. misconception
  5. misunderstanding

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Radical金gold釒variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · once upon a time · storyteller · salad · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1269

Compound words

倒錯とうさく
perversion; inversion
交錯こうさく
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting
錯覚さっかく
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
錯誤さくご
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
錯乱さくらん
confusion; distraction; derangement
試行錯誤しこうさくご
trial and error
時代錯誤じだいさくご
anachronism
介錯かいしゃく
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)
錯角さっかく
alternate interior angles
錯雑さくざつ
complication
錯綜さくそう
becoming complicated
錯和ちょんぼ
mistake
錯そうさくそう
becoming complicated

Additional Examples

試行錯誤の末、彼はふと正しい答えを思いついた。
Through trial and error, he found the right answer by chance.tatoeba
解決策が功を奏したのは試行錯誤の結果だった。
Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 錯

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