错字 (cuòzì): incorrect character

Measure Word

一个错字 gè

Meanings

1 incorrect character
2 typo
3 misspelled word (in Chinese)

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

写完后记得检查错字。

Xiě wán hòu jìdé jiǎnchá cuòzì.

After writing, remember to check for typos.

HSK 3

这篇文章有几个错字。

Zhè piān wénzhāng yǒu jǐ gè cuòzì.

This article has a few typos.

HSK 4

老师用红笔圈出他的错字。

Lǎoshī yòng hóng bǐ quān chū tā de cuòzì.

The teacher circled his wrong characters in red.

Tips

usage

错字 is a strictly wrong character (non-existent or wrong form). Compare 别字 which is a real character used in the wrong place.

Stroke Order

错 cuò

字 zì

Related Words

错别字 cuòbiézì HSK 7-9 #45,063

typo / incorrectly written character / misspelled word

字字 zìzì #27,976

every word / word for word / each and every character

字 zì HSK 1 #1,138

character / word / letter

指事字 zhǐshìzì

ideographic character (one of the Six Categories of Chinese character formation) / self-explanatory character

字形 zìxíng #25,070

form of a character / the shape or structure of a written character / character form

繁体字 fántǐzì HSK 7-9

traditional Chinese character / complex character form

一字一句 yīzì-yījù

every word and every phrase / word by word and sentence by sentence / speaking clearly and deliberately

一字师 yīzìshī

one-character teacher / someone who corrects a single character or word in your writing / an editor whose tiny change makes all the difference

通假字 tōngjiǎzì

phonetic loan character (in classical Chinese) / character used interchangeably with a phonetically similar one

俗体字 sútǐzì