音読み: ゴ
訓読み: あやまる
画数: 14
部首: 訁（ごんべん）
Meaning
Mistake / Error / Misunderstanding
- Basic forms
- 誤る — make a mistake; err / base form
- 誤ります — makes a mistake / masu form
- 誤った — made a mistake; erred / ta form
- 誤って — making a mistake … / te form
- 誤らない — do not make a mistake / negative
- 誤れば — if (one) makes a mistake / conditional
- Common expressions
- 判断を誤る — make a wrong judgment
- 道を誤る — go astray; choose the wrong path
- 計算を誤る — miscalculate
- More
- 誤っている — is mistaken / state
誤る（あやまる） is a godan intransitive verb. It means to make an error or choose wrongly, often used in abstract or formal contexts.
- 誤解 — misunderstanding
- 誤差 — margin of error
- 誤報 — false report
- 誤算 — miscalculation; misjudgment
- 誤診 — wrong diagnosis
- 誤魔化す — to deceive; to cheat; to cover up
誤 combines 言 (speech) with the phonetic 呉 (ゴ), suggesting errors in words or delivery. It extends to mistakes in judgment, action, or information.
Common in formal/technical terms for errors or misunderstandings (e.g., 誤差, 誤報).
道を 誤ってしまいました。
I took the wrong road.
誤解が 生まれてしまいました。
A misunderstanding occurred.
誤解 — misunderstanding