失误 shīwù▶ An error

Traditional

失誤

Stroke order

失误 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 失 — 5 strokes
• 误 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. lapse
2. mistake
3. to make a mistake
4. fault
5. service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

Characters in 失误

• 失 shī — to lose; to miss; to fail
• 误 wù — mistake; error; to miss

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 丧失lose
• 失事crash
• 失踪disappear
• 误差error
• 误解misunderstand
• 过失fault

失误 is pronounced shīwù and means “An error”.

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