錯

• Technical/Material: The process of inlaying or interweaving different metals (such as gold or silver into bronze), specifically damascening in the context of weaponry, jewelry, or ritual vessels.
• Spatial/Mechanical: To cross, overlap, or pass by; a sense of misalignment or "missing" a mark. In contexts of movement, it describes two parties passing each other in opposite directions without meeting.
• Abstract/Evaluative: Wrong, incorrect, or skewed; to mistake one thing for another (confusing A with B).

• Adjective: Describes a state of being wrong or misaligned.
• Transitive Verb: The act of confusing or mistaking X for Y.
• Intransitive Verb: The act of crossing paths or failing to meet due to misalignment.

When translating "mistake" or "wrong," the following distinctions are noted:

• 錯 (cuò): A factual mismatch, a dislocation, or an objective error in alignment or identity.
• 誤 (wù): An error arising from negligence, a failure of timing, or a missed opportunity.
• 非 (fēi): A categorical or moral wrong; "not" as a matter of principle or nature.

• Simplified variant: 错 (U+9519).
• Tang-period reading: tsò tsɑk.