common
noun

Meaning of 字谜

字谜 means character riddle; word puzzle; riddle whose answer is a Chinese character. Pronounced zì mí.

  • character riddle; word puzzle; riddle whose answer is a Chinese character

Definitions & Examples

Cāi
shì
zhǒng
yǒu
de
Zhōng
wén
yóu
 

Guessing character riddles is an interesting Chinese language game.

 
chū
shǒu
 
zhè
de
shì
 
 
 

The answer to the riddle 'cannot take out hand' is the character '合' (together).

 
kǒu
yǎo
diào
niú
wěi
ba
 
 
shì
 
gào
 
 

The riddle 'one mouth bites off the cow's tail' refers to the character '告' (tell).

Chūn
jié
de
shí
hou
 
bào
zhǐ
shàng
cháng
cháng
huì
kān
dēng
ràng
jiā
cāi
 

During the Spring Festival, newspapers often publish character riddles for everyone to guess.

Relations

Measure Words

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Primary
/ tiáo
/ dào