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Kanji Detail for 謎 - "riddle, mystery"

謎

  • Meaning

    謎 means "riddle, mystery." Also associated with cryptic.

    1. Riddle - A puzzle; a mysterious saying.

    2. Mystery - Something unknown or unexplained.

  • Words using 謎

    • 謎々 なぞなぞ Listen riddle; puzzle; enigma

  • Tattoo check: 謎

    • Verified meaning: riddle, mystery
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: cryptic

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    riddle; puzzle; enigma; hint; tip

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    riddle, conundrum; puzzle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    riddle, puzzle, conundrum

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Hidden words. Such as today's 燈謎 (lantern riddles).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bei(ベイ) ベイ

    mei(メイ) メイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nazo(なぞ) なぞ

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    riddle mystery cryptic enigma baffling conundrum elusive hidden inscrutable mysterious mystifying obscure perplexing puzzle secret unexplained unknown

Sentences including 謎

  • Have you worked the puzzle out?

  • I tried to ask her a riddle.

More kanji with the radical 言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

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