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

一謎／一谜
啞謎／哑谜
商謎／商谜
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
破謎兒／破谜儿
解謎／解谜 (jiěmí)
詩謎／诗谜
謎兒／谜儿
謎團／谜团 (mítuán)
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

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

謎

(common “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”)

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