謎

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See also: 谜
謎 U+8B0E, 謎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0E
← 謍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 謏 →

Translingual

Han character

謎 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜火木 (YRYFD), four-corner 09639, composition ⿰訁迷)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1174, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35800
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1639, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4001, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8B0E

Chinese

trad. 謎
simp. 谜
alternative forms 詸
䛧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (米) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謎 *miː, *miːs
迷 *miː
米 *miːʔ
眯 *miːʔ
洣 *miːʔ
蔝 *miːʔ
麊 *me
冞 *me
糜 *mral
敉 *meʔ
侎 *meʔ
麋 *mril
蘪 *mril
攗 *mril

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *miː, *miːs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 迷 (OC *miː, “to be lost”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 謎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫計切
Baxter mejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/meiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/meiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/meiH/
Wang
Li 		/mieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 謎 謎
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9001 9007
Phonetic
component 		米 米
Rime
group 		脂 脂
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		謎
Old
Chinese 		/*miː/ /*miːs/

Definitions

謎

  1. puzzle; riddle
  2. mystery; enigma

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

謎

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. riddle
  2. puzzle
  3. enigma
  4. hint
  5. tip

Readings

  • Go-on: まい (mai)
  • Kan-on: べい (bei)
  • Kan’yō-on: めい (mei)
  • Kun: なぞ (nazo, 謎, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
謎
なぞ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 謎 – see the following entry.
【なぞ】
mystery; puzzle
Alternative form of なんぞ (nan zo)
(This term, 謎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

謎 (eumhun 수수께끼 미 (susukkekki mi))

  1. hanja form? of 미 (“riddle”)

Compounds

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