Jisho

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9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
Kun:
まよ.う
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
942 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 迷惑 【メイワク】 trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience, to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)
  • 迷路 【メイロ】 maze, labyrinth, inner ear
  • 混迷 【コンメイ】 turmoil, chaos, confusion
  • 愛迷 【アイメイ】 straying from love, falling out of love, lost love

Kun reading compounds

  • 迷う 【まよう】 to lose one's way, to get lost, to waver, to hesitate, to be of two minds over, to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to give into temptation, to lose control of oneself, to be charmed, to be infatuated, to be captivated, to be smitten, to turn in one's grave

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • extraviarse
  • estar perdido
  • perderse

Portuguese

  • desviado
  • estar perplexo
  • em dúvida
  • perdido
  • errar
  • ilusão

French

  • s'égarer
  • être perplexe
  • hésiter
  • perdu
  • se tromper
  • illusion
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4681 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
781 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
952 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
967 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
998 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1070 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
690 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3836 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
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2663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
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6037 New Nelson (John Haig)
924 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
706 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
2q6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3930.9 Four corner code
1-44-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ff7 Unicode hex code