Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 8 freq #2021

riddle, puzzle, enigma, hint, tip

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

mysterious words; confusing words

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

riddle; puzzle
riddle; puzzle
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
to pose a riddle
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling
telling a riddle
to solve a mystery
mystifying; puzzling
dyeing pattern incorporating a riddle
confusing set-up; puzzling method

Example sentences

It is still a mystery why he suddenly left the town.

It is a mystery why he quit his job.

Oedipus had answered the riddle correctly!

What is your riddle?