謎
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See also: 谜
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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 | |
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| simp. | 谜 | |
| alternative forms | 詸 䛧 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 謎 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *miː, *miːs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 迷 (OC *miː, “to be lost”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mai4 / mai6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
- Eastern Min (BUC): mê
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mí
- Wade–Giles: mi2
- Yale: mí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
- Palladius: ми (mi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mír
- Wade–Giles: mi2-ʼrh
- Yale: mír
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miel
- Palladius: мир (mir)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miə̯ɻ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mì
- Wade–Giles: mi4
- Yale: mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
- Palladius: ми (mi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mìr
- Wade–Giles: mi4-ʼrh
- Yale: mìr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miell
- Palladius: мир (mir)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miə̯ɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
- Wade–Giles: mei4
- Yale: mèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
- Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mèir
- Wade–Giles: mei4-ʼrh
- Yale: mèir
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mell
- Palladius: мэйр (mɛjr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /məɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mai4 / mai6
- Yale: màih / maih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mai4 / mai6
- Guangdong Romanization: mei4 / mei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐi̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
- Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi2
- Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛi²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
- Tâi-lô: bī
- Phofsit Daibuun: bi
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî
- Tâi-lô: bî
- Phofsit Daibuun: bii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: mi6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi³⁵/
- Middle Chinese: mejH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*miː/, /*miːs/
Definitions
謎
Synonyms
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
謎
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 謎 |
| なぞ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 謎 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 謎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
謎 (eumhun 수수께끼 미 (susukkekki mi))