謎

See also: 谜

謎 U+8B0E, 謎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0E ← 謍 [U+8B0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 謏 → [U+8B0F]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

trad.		謎
simp.		谜
variant forms		詸 䛧

Glyph originEdit

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, OC *miː, *miːs): semantic 言 + phonetic 迷 (OC *miː).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí, mì, mèi (mi², mi⁴, mei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˋ, ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴, mai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
• Min Dong (BUC): mê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bê / bī / bî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
    • 
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mír
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: mirh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miel
    • IPA ^(key): /miəɻ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: mih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: mirh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miell
    • IPA ^(key): /miəɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: mei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèir
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: meirh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meill
    • IPA ^(key): /məɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁴, mai⁶
    • Yale: màih, maih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁴, mai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁴, mei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi²
    • IPA: /mi¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
    • IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bê
    • Tâi-lô: bê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /be²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream 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
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/

DefinitionsEdit

謎

1. riddle; mystery; enigma

CompoundsEdit

• 一謎／一谜
• 商謎／商谜
• 啞謎／哑谜
• 囫圇謎／囫囵谜
• 字謎／字谜 (zìmí)
• 打啞謎／打哑谜
• 打燈謎／打灯谜
• 打謎／打谜
• 撒謎語／撒谜语

• 燈謎／灯谜 (dēngmí)
• 猜啞謎／猜哑谜
• 猜謎／猜谜 (cāimí)
• 破謎兒／破谜儿
• 解謎／解谜
• 詩謎／诗谜
• 謎兒／谜儿
• 謎團／谜团

• 謎學／谜学
• 謎寐／谜寐
• 謎底／谜底 (mídǐ)
• 謎言謎語／谜言谜语
• 謎語／谜语 (míyǔ)
• 謎面／谜面 (mímiàn)
• 謎頭／谜头
• 謎題／谜题

ReferencesEdit

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03871

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

謎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): めい (mei)
• Kun: なぞ (nazo, 謎, Jōyō)

NounEdit

謎 (hiragana なぞ, rōmaji nazo)

1. a mystery

   ハリー・ポッターと謎 (なぞ)のプリンス

   Harī Pottā to Nazo no Purinsu

   Harry Potter and the Mysterious Prince

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

謎 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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