誤解

ごかい

misunderstanding

Mnemonic

Speech that came out wrong and got untied into something else entirely at the far end. Kai かい again, the same one as 解決, except this time he untied the wrong thing: ごかい.

Worth knowing

間違いまちがい is a plain mistake. 誤解 is taking a thing the wrong way round.

Built from

誤

mistake, err

言 speech on the left that came out other than the way it was meant to.

解

untie, understand

角 horn + 刀 knife + 牛 cow

Words sharing these kanji

理解 understanding, comprehension 解放 release, setting free 解決 solution, settlement 了解 consent, understanding, roger that 解く to solve 正解 right answer, correct solution

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