謎
mí HSK7

riddle

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
迷
迷 Sound component
mí get lost, go astray

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmiː
miːs

說文解字

《說文新附》:“謎,隱語也。从言、迷,迷亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

谜 mí, mèi riddle Simplified

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
迷
迷 Sound component
mí get lost, go astray

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode