误 wù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吴 one of several warring states
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
误导
wùdǎo
to mislead
Characters in this word
导 dǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- Made of
- 巳 snake 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 媒体在引用数据时必须说明来源，否则很容易误导公众。 Méitǐ zài yǐnyòng shùjù shí bìxū shuōmíng láiyuán, fǒuzé hěn róngyì wùdǎo gōngzhòng. When citing data, the media must state the source; otherwise it can easily mislead the public.
- 网上有些广告言过其实，容易误导消费者。 Wǎngshàng yǒuxiē guǎnggào yánguòqíshí, róngyì wùdǎo xiāofèizhě. Some online ads exaggerate and can easily mislead consumers.
- 新手司机容易被导航误导，多看路标。 Xīnshǒu sījī róngyì bèi dǎoháng wùdǎo, duō kàn lùbiāo. Novice drivers are easily misled by the navigator; watch the road signs more.
Related words
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 误会 wùhuì misunderstanding; to misunderstand
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 耽误 dānwu to delay, to waste time
- 误 wù to mistake, to misunderstand
- 误差 wùchā error; deviation
- 误区 wùqū misconception; mistaken area of understanding
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 导演 dǎoyǎn director
- 领导 lǐngdǎo leader
- 指导 zhǐdǎo to guide