See also:
U+8B0E, 謎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0E

[U+8B0D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8B0F]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *miː, *miːs): semantic (speech) + phonetic (OC *miː, to be lost).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 9001 9007
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*miː/ /*miːs/

Definitions edit

  1. puzzle; riddle
  2. mystery; enigma

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings edit

Etymology edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 수수께끼 (susukkekki mi))

  1. Hanja form? of (riddle).

Compounds edit