The Chinese word 误导 (wùdǎo), meaning "to mislead", is a compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: 误 (wù), which means "mistake" or "error", and 导 (dǎo), which means "to guide" or "to lead". Together, they create a verb where the first character modifies the action of the second, literally translating to "to guide into error" or "to lead astray". This structural logic is common in Mandarin, where two independent morphemes are joined to produce a new, precise meaning that is logically derived from the sum of its parts.