錯誤

• 読み: さくご
• ローマ字: sakugo
• 漢字の分解: 錯 (saku/sa) — confused, tangled, mistaken; 誤 (go) — error, mistake
• 発音: /sa.kɯ.ɡo/

意味

Error; mistake; blunder. Refers to a misjudgement or faulty reasoning, often in a formal or intellectual context.

Most commonly encountered in the compound 試行錯誤 (trial and error), which describes the iterative process of experimenting and learning from mistakes. On its own, 錯誤 appears in legal contexts (錯誤無効, voidance due to error) and philosophical discussions. It implies a more structural or cognitive error rather than a simple slip.

例文

1. 試行錯誤を繰り返しながら、最善の解決策をようやく見つけ出した。
2. 歴史的な錯誤を公式に認めることは、いかなる国家にとっても容易ではない。
3. 初期段階での錯誤が積み重なり、プロジェクト全体が失敗に終わった。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, philosophy, research, business

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 錯 means confused or tangled, 誤 means error or mistake. The pairing emphasises not merely being wrong but becoming entangled in a flawed line of reasoning.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated