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謎: riddle, puzzle

Also: enigma, hint, tip

N1 (our estimate)16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 迷 is drawn in

17 strokes
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  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

なぞnazo · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 謎なぞriddle; puzzle; enigma
  • 謎々なぞなぞriddle; puzzle; enigma
  • 謎いなぞいmystifying; puzzling; perplexing

Also read メイ, ベイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
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Also read メイ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ベイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 谜 · traditional, as in Japanese · mí

Japan keeps the traditional form 謎; mainland China simplifies it to 谜.

Simplified
谜 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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