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錯
ㄘㄨㄛˋ · cuò
adj — wrong; noun — a mistake; 不錯 not bad
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFTxí → cuò — 昔's family splits wide: 錯、醋、借、惜
Gold (金) worked into cut lines — inlay; 說文: 金涂也. 昔 gives the sound, xí worn to cuò. Inlaid lines cross: 交錯; crossed paths miss each other: 錯過; what lands athwart is wrong: 錯誤 — and 不錯, nothing athwart: not bad.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刀身上嵌著金（金）線，一道壓著一道。
Gold (金) threads inlaid in the blade, line crossing line.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)錯金— to inlay with gold
→交錯— to crisscross
⇒錯過— to miss — paths crossing and passing
⇒錯誤、不錯— wrong; (不錯) not bad常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension