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間違い

まちがい

mistake, error

Mnemonic

The gap between what is written and what would be right, sitting in the middle of your sentence. Match まち a guy がい to the wrong name: まちがい.

Worth knowing

間違う まちがう is the verb, being wrong. 間違い is the mistake itself.

Built from

interval, gap
門 gate + 日 sun
differ, be wrong
辶 the road with 韋 above it, two sets of feet going opposite ways round the same enclosure.

Words sharing these kanji

time, hour human being, people interval (of time, space, etc.) interval, duration of time, pause instant, moment comrade, peer to be mistaken, to be incorrect space, room before one knows, unnoticed to be in time, to answer the purpose, to be good enough to mistake, to confuse crack, gap

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