谜 (mí): riddle, puzzle
谜 (mí) is a Chinese character meaning “riddle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (structural) and 迷 (structural). It ranks #2387 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谜 bewitching 迷 words 讠; 迷 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- riddle
- puzzle
Etymology & Origin
ideographicBewitching 迷 words 讠; 迷 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰讠迷 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谜团noun | mí tuán | riddle |
| 谜语noun | mí yǔ | riddle |
| 字谜noun | zì mí | letter puzzle |
| 猜谜verb | cāi mí | to answer a riddle |
| 谜底noun | mí dǐ | answer to a riddle |
| 哑谜 | yǎ mí | puzzle |
| 谜面noun | mí miàn | riddle |
| 未解之谜noun | wèi jiě zhī mí | unsolved mystery |
| 谜之 | mí zhī | (neologism) (slang) (attributive) mysterious |
| 谜样adjective | mí yàng | enigmatic |
| 谜儿 | mèi r | riddle |
| 解谜verb | jiě mí | to solve the riddle |
| 谜题noun | mí tí | puzzle |
| 猜谜儿 | cāi mí r | to answer a riddle |
| 纵横字谜noun | zòng héng zì mí | crossword |
谜 appears in 18 compound words: 44 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
谜语是交流思想的重要工具。
mèi yǔ shì jiāo liú sī xiǎng de chóng yāo gōng jù .
Riddles are an important tool for exchanging ideas.
贾晓晨亲解同樊少皇成日闹婚变之谜 黄又南唔介意继续揸巴士
gǔ xiǎo chén qīn jiě tóng 樊 shǎo huáng chéng rì nào hūn biàn zhī mèi huáng yòu nán 唔 jiè yì jì xù 揸 bā shì
Jia Xiaochen Clarifies Rumors of Marriage Troubles with Fan Shao-huang; Huang You-nan Doesn't Mind Continuing to Drive the Bus
科博馆还原7千万年前 揭窃蛋龙孵蛋之谜
kē bó guǎn hái yuán 7 qiān wàn nián qián jiē qiè dàn lóng fū dàn zhī mèi
Science Museum Recreates Life 70 Million Years Ago, Unraveling the Mystery of Oviraptor Egg-Laying
元宵节的习俗有哪些?赏灯猜谜之外还有哪些健康活动
yuán xiāo jié de xí sú yǒu nǎ xiē ? shǎng dēng cāi mèi zhī wài hái yǒu nǎ xiē jiàn kāng huó dòng
What are the customs of the Lantern Festival? Besides lantern viewing and riddle-guessing, what other healthy activities are there?
我科研团队揭示亚洲叶猴物种表型演化之谜_光明网
wǒ kē yán tuán duì jiē shì yà zhōu xié hóu wù zhǒng biǎo xíng yǎn huà zhī mèi guāng míng wǎng
Our scientific research team reveals the mystery of the phenotypic evolution of Asian langur species_Guangming.com
...:光云科技"SaaS"外衣下藏着多少财务谜题?
. . . : guāng yún kē jì S a a S wài yī xià zàng zhe duō shǎo cái wù mèi tí ?
...: How many financial puzzles are hidden under the "SaaS" cloak of Guangyun Technology?
要解开谋杀背后潜藏之谜！
Yào jiěkāi móushā bèihòu qiáncáng zhī mí!
Solve the mystery lurking behind the murder!
你能解开这个谜吗？
Nǐ néng jiěkāi zhège mí ma?
Can you solve this puzzle?
他的死因仍然是一个谜。
Tā de sǐyīn réngrán shì yī gè mí.
The cause of his death still remains a mystery.
这封信是揭开谜团的唯一线索。
Zhè fēng xìn shì jiēkāi mítuán de wéiyī xiànsuǒ.
This letter is the only key to the mystery.
Character Family
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