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Kotomora

錯

confused, mix, be in disorder

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • サク
  • シャク

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

錯 centers on things becoming tangled or disordered: mixing up, confusion, or a state of disorder where elements are jumbled together.

Most common words using 錯

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  • 錯覚さっかく
    N1

    illusion; hallucination

  • 錯乱さくらん

    confusion; distraction; derangement

  • 試行錯誤しこうさくご
    N1

    trial and error

  • 錯誤さくご
    N1

    mistake; error; discrepancy

  • 倒錯とうさく

    perversion

  • 交錯こうさく

    mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

  • 錯綜さくそう

    becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up

  • 錯視さくし

    optical illusion

  • 介錯かいしゃく

    beheading (as the ending to a seppuku)

  • 錯体さくたい

    complex

  • 時代錯誤じだいさくご

    anachronism

  • カフェウォール錯視カフェウォールさくし

    café wall illusion (optical illusion); Münsterberg illusion

  • ヒドリド錯体ヒドリドさくたい

    hydrido complex

  • ミュンスターバーグ錯視ミュンスターバーグさくし

    café wall illusion (optical illusion); Münsterberg illusion

  • 介錯人かいしゃくにん

    person who beheads someone to end a seppuku

  • 倒錯症とうさくしょう

    sexual disorder (e.g. pedophilia, sadism); paraphilia

  • 倒錯者とうさくしゃ

    pervert; deviant

  • 内臓錯位ないぞうさくい

    heterotaxy

  • 性倒錯せいとうさく

    paraphilia; sexual deviancy

  • 性的倒錯せいてきとうさく

    paraphilia; sexual deviancy

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Etymology

錯 combines 金 (metal) with 昔, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of interweaving or crossing, originally referring to inlaying metal or crossing patterns, later extended to confusion and disorder.

Meaning mnemonic

Metal 金 threads from the past 昔 are tangled together, creating a confused, disordered mix.

Reading mnemonic

For サク, imagine a sack of mixed metal scraps from the past: sack -> サク, and the jumbled contents represent confusion.