Memory phrase for the Kanji: 謎

謎

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Meaning riddle, puzzle, enigma

Pronunciation


nazo

Explanation

Left: word 言, right: astray, illusion 迷 (Who moves 辶 [from a center] into eight 米 directions is astrayed and perplex.)

Mnemonic
 
The words are astraying in a riddle.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
米 riceThe rice plant has this radical: 禾
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 Vocabulary

謎 なぞ  riddle, puzzle, enigma
謎謎 なぞなぞ  riddle, puzzle, enigma

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