Kanji N3

迷: astray, be perplexed, in doubt

迷 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning astray, be perplexed, in doubt, written with 9 strokes. It is read メイ (on) and まよう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 迷惑 (めいわく, trouble) and 迷子 (まいご, lost child).

迷

Meanings

  • astray
  • be perplexed
  • in doubt
  • lost
  • err
  • illusion
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#942 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • メイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まよう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 迷

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 迷惑めいわく

    trouble; bother; annoyance; nuisance

    JLPT N3
  • 迷子まいご

    lost child; lost person; stray child

    JLPT N3
  • 迷信めいしん

    superstition; superstitious belief

    JLPT N2
  • 低迷ていめい

    hanging low (of clouds)

  • 混迷こんめい

    turmoil; chaos; confusion

  • 迷いまよい

    hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity; doubt

  • 迷路めいろ

    maze; labyrinth

  • 迷うまよう

    to lose one's way; to get lost; to go astray

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.