# 謎

| 謎 | U+8B0E, &#35598; 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 0963$_9$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (mi$^2$, mi$^4$, mei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ, ㄇㄧˋ, ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mai$^4$ / mai$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
* Eastern Min (BUC): mê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bê / bī / bî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mí
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mí
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$
*** Yale: mí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mi
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mír
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mír
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: mír
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miel
*** Palladius: мир (mir)
*** Sinological IPA : /miə̯ɻ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mì
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$
*** Yale: mì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih
*** Palladius: ми (mi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mìr
*** Wade–Giles: mi$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: mìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miell
*** Palladius: мир (mir)
*** Sinological IPA : /miə̯ɻ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^4$
*** Yale: mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèir
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèir
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: mèir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mell
*** Palladius: мэйр (mɛjr)
*** Sinological IPA : /məɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mai$^4$ / mai$^6$
*** Yale: màih / maih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mai$^4$ / mai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mei$^4$ / mei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐi̯²¹/, /mɐi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
*** Sinological IPA : /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: mi$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | mai$^6$ |
* 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

(Jōyō kanji)
* riddle
* puzzle
* enigma
* hint
* tip

#### 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”)