谜 mí riddle
Made up of [讠 yán words radical 149, 辶 chuò walking radical 162, 米 mǐ rice radical 119]Alternative traditional form of character: 謎
Made with 11 strokes.
Adding the 'words' radical to 'mi' (getting lost) neatly gives the idea of a word puzzle
Related characters
Also uses 讠 yán component: 诞 dàn (birth) 访 fǎng (to visit) ; 话 huà (speech) ; 记 jì (to record) ; 请 qǐng (please) ; 谁 shéi (who) ; 诗 shī (poem) ; 说 shuō (to speak) ; 诉 sù (to complain) ; 谢 xiè (thanks) ; 语 yǔ (language)
Also uses 辶 chuò component: 边 biān (side) 道 dào (road) ; 逢 féng (to meet by chance) ; 过 guò (past) ; 还 hái (still) ; 进 jìn (to advance) ; 近 jìn (near) ; 连 lián (to link) ; 辽 liáo (distant) ; 迷 mí (to bewilder) ; 通 tōng (open) ; 迎 yíng (welcome) ; 遇 yù (to meet) ; 远 yuǎn (far) ; 运 yùn (to move) ; 这 zhè (this)
Also uses 米 mǐ component: 精 jīng (refined) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 迷 mí (to bewilder) ; 糖 táng (sugar) ; 粘 zhān (to glue)