謎

See also: 谜

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TranslingualEdit

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *miː, *miːs): semantic 言 + phonetic 迷 ‎(OC *miː)

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
alt. forms		詸 䛧

Alternative formsEdit

• (Mandarin) 謎兒／谜儿 (mèir) (erhua-ed with pronunciation changes)

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mí, mì, mèi, mèir (mi², mi⁴, mei⁴, meir⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˋ, ㄇㄟˋ, ㄇㄟˋㄦ

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

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī / bê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/
    • 
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
    • Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi²
    • IPA: /mi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī / bê
    • Tâi-lô: bī / bê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bi, bee
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi³³/, /be²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi²²/, /be¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mĭ
    • IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵/

NounEdit

謎

1. riddle, mystery, enigma

Derived termsEdit

• 一謎／一谜
• 商謎／商谜
• 啞謎／哑谜
• 囫圇謎／囫囵谜
• 字謎／字谜
• 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
• 猜啞謎／猜哑谜
• 猜謎／猜谜
• 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
• 謎言謎語／谜言谜语
• 謎語／谜语 (míyǔ)
• 謎面／谜面
• 謎頭／谜头
• 謎題／谜题

ReferencesEdit

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
• yedict.com (叶典)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

謎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. puzzle

ReadingsEdit

• On: めい (mei)
• Kun: なぞ (nazo)

NounEdit

謎 ‎(hiragana なぞ, romaji nazo)

1. a mystery

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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