讹 (é): error, false, to extort

讹 (é) is a Chinese character meaning “error.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 化 (phonetic). It ranks #2967 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 讹 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 讠 speech6 strokesFrequency #2967讠 semantic化 phonetic

Definitions

  1. error
  2. false
  3. to extort

Etymology & Origin

讹

pictophoneticspeech

Decomposition: ⿰讠化 (layout: left-right)

Components:讠semantic化phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
讹诈é zhàto extort under false pretenses
以讹传讹yǐ é chuán éto spread falsehoods
讹人é rénto blackmail
讹传é chuánunfounded rumor
讹字é zìerroneous character
差讹chā éerror
讹误é wùerror in a text
讹谬é miùerror
8
Total compounds
75
As first character
13
As last character
13
As middle character

讹 appears in 8 compound words: 75 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 讹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

诈zhà
0.534318 co-occurrences
误wù
0.491630 co-occurrences
谬miù
0.48384 co-occurrences
啰luō
0.48030 co-occurrences
庞páng
0.470228 co-occurrences
传chuán
0.4591,650 co-occurrences
颜yán
0.418192 co-occurrences
错cuò
0.394162 co-occurrences
谣yáo
0.36936 co-occurrences
屈qū
0.36690 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

以讹传讹yǐ'échuán'éHSK 7+

to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted); telephone; Chinese whispers

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

请讹细阅读合同条款，再签字确认。

qǐng é xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .

Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.

東方日報Mar 2026

曾庭上讹称教补习瞒收入 高级教育主任准保释 官指...

céng tíng shàng é chèn jiào bǔ xí mán shōu rù gāo jí jiào yù zhǔ rèn zhǔn bǎo shì guān zhǐ . . .

LtnMar 2026

...血毛巾案”背骂名 弟子李承龙提5大佐证驳讹传

. . . xiě máo jīn àn bèi mà míng dì zǐ lǐ chéng lóng tí 5 dà zuǒ zhèng bó é chuán

Character Family

讠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the speech radical

谤bàng诧chà诚chéng词cí诞dàn调diào谍dié订dìng访fǎng诽fěi

Related Characters

认rèn记jì识shí诉sù试shì话huà语yǔ说shuō请qǐng读dòu

Homophones — Characters pronounced é

俄é娥é鹅é额é厄è恶è饿è

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 讹 (é) mean in Chinese?
讹 (é) primarily means "error." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2967 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 讹 and 确?
讹 (é) and 确 (què) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 讹 (false) vs 确 (true).
How many strokes does 讹 have?
讹 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 讹?
The radical associated with 讹 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are the components of 讹?
讹 is composed of: 讠 (semantic), 化 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰讠化 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 讹?
Common words with 讹 include: 讹诈 (é zhà, "to extort under false pretenses"); 以讹传讹 (yǐ é chuán é, "to spread falsehoods"); 讹人 (é rén, "to blackmail"); 讹传 (é chuán, "unfounded rumor"); 讹字 (é zì, "erroneous character"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 讹 (é)?
Several characters share the pronunciation é: 俄 (Russia), 娥 (good), 鹅 (goose), 额 (forehead), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 讹 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 讹 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.