Memory phrase for the Kanji: 迷


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Meaning perplexed, astray, hesitate, to err, lost

Pronunciation

MEI
mayou

Explanation

Left: movement , right: rice (Here: From a central point it radiates into eight directions.)

Mnemonic


 
Who moves in eight directions is astrayed and perplex.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
riceThe rice plant has this radical:
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 Vocabulary

迷う まよう  to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to lose ones way
迷路 めいろ  maze, labyrinth, blind alley
迷信 めいしん  superstition
迷子 まいご  lost (stray) child
迷惑 めいわく  trouble, bother, annoyance

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