# 錯 — Confused

Frequency rank 1591 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 帽 (Hat), less common than 孝 (Filial Piety).

- On’yomi: さく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 金 Gold (Kangxi 167)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

Gold on the left mixes with long ago and the sun on the right — gold from long ago mixed with sunlight creates confused, jumbled reflections everywhere.

In words:

- 錯誤 さくご — mistake
- 錯覚 さっかく — optical illusion;hallucination

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