間違う

まちがう

to be mistaken, to be incorrect

Mnemonic

There is a gap between what you think and what is so, and your feet took the other way round it. The same match まち a guy がう as 間違い, except that this time it is you being it: まちがう.

Built from

間

interval, gap

門 gate + 日 sun

違

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

時間 time, hour 人間 human being, people 間 interval (of time, space, etc.)間 interval, duration of time, pause 瞬間 instant, moment 仲間 comrade, peer 空間 space, room いつの間にか before one knows, unnoticed 間に合う to be in time, to answer the purpose, to be good enough 間違い mistake, error 間違える to mistake, to confuse 隙間 crack, gap

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