謎

See also: 谜

謎	U+8B0E, 謎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B0E

← 謍
[U+8B0D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

謏 →
[U+8B0F]

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

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

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˋ, ㄇㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁴ / mai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
Eastern Min (BUC): mê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bê / bī / bî

(Teochew, Peng'im): mi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mí
  - 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: mír
  - 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: mì
  - 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: mìr
  - 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: mèi
  - 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: mèir
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mèir
  - Wade–Giles: mei⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: mèir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mell
  - Palladius: мэйр (mɛjr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /məɻ⁵¹/
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
  - Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (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: 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

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	/mei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛj^H/
Li Rong	/mei^H/
Wang Li	/miei^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/miei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*miː/, /*miːs/

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

puzzle; riddle
mystery; enigma

Synonyms

(puzzle): 謎語／谜语 (míyǔ)
(mystery): 精微 (jīngwēi), 謎團／谜团 (mítuán), 疑團／疑团 (yítuán)

Compounds

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

謎

(Jōyō kanji)

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】	[noun] mystery; puzzle [adverb] 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))

hanja form^? of 미 (“riddle”)

Compounds

미제 (謎題, mije, “conundrum”)