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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