謎 Mystery

Radical Combination

• 言

  Say
• ⻌

  Scooter
• 米

  Rice

Meaning

Primary

Mystery

Alternative

Riddle

Mnemonic

No one can say what a scooter weighs in grains of rice — it's a mystery!

Hints

Imagine lifting a scooter, hefting it, trying to guess its weight in grains of rice. At least 100 grains, I'd say. But no one can say, really. It's a total mystery.

Readings

On’yomi

めい

Kun’yomi

なぞ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

To get to the bottom of this mystery, you use a nozzle (なぞ). You pass rice through the nozzle one grain at a time, so you can figure out precisely how many grains of rice are equal to the weight of a scooter.

Hints

Imagine watching this little nozzle squeeze out the rice, grain by grain, onto a scale. And imagine the boredom you'd feel watching that… But yes, you really can resolve any rice-based measurement mysteries thanks to this nozzle.