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U+8B0E

Seal script

Simplified character

Radical:+ 10 strokes = 17 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.373#38 Kangxi: p.1174#31 Cihai: p.1253r4c07 Hanyu: v6,p4001#08
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin: mèi ㄇㄧˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese:mai4 mai6
Shuowen:言部》謎:隱語也。从言、迷,迷亦聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·去聲··》謎:隱言也。莫計切,二。
Kangxi:康熙字典·言部·》謎:《唐韻》莫計切《集韻》《正韻》彌計切,𠀤迷去聲。《說文》隱語也。《演繁露》古無謎字。若其意制,卽伍舉、東方朔謂之隱者是也。至《鮑照集》則有井謎矣。《文心雕龍》自魏代以來,頗非俳優,而君子隱化爲謎語。謎也者,迴互其辭,使昏迷也。又《集韻》緜批切,音迷。《類篇》言惑也。或作詸。
Fanqie:莫計 (《廣韻·去聲··》)
Unihan definition:riddle, conundrum; puzzle

Example usage

說文解字·言部》::隱語也。
顏氏家訓·書證》:潘、陸諸子離合詩、賦,栻卜、破字經,及鮑昭字,皆取會流俗,不足以形聲論之也。
文心雕龍·諧讔》:自魏代以來,頗非俳優,而君子嘲隱,化為語。
藝文類聚·》:《宋鮑昭字詩》曰:二形一體,四支八頭,四八一八,飛泉仰流。
西遊記》:原來那猴王已打破盤中之,暗暗在心,所以不與眾人爭競,只是忍耐無言。
金瓶梅》:那婦人每日打發武大出門,只在帘子下嗑瓜子兒,一徑把那一對小金蓮故露出來,勾引浮浪子弟,日逐在門前彈胡博詞,撒語,叫唱:「一塊好羊肉,如何落在狗嘴裡?」
廣韻·》:賿:語云錢。
太平御覽·附子》:《襯搡先賢傳》曰:孔休傷頰有瘢,王椿:「玉屑、白附子香消瘢。」
太平廣記·石動筩》:我與汝等作,可共射之。
朱子語類·論文上》:或言:「某人如搏子,更不可曉。」
紅樓夢》:上面敘著墮落之鄉,投胎之處,以及家庭瑣事,閨閣閒情,詩詞語,倒還全備,只是朝代年紀失落無考。
全唐詩》:古器岩耕得,神方客留。
康熙字典·十五》:又《集韻》彌計切,音

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