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Chinese symbol for “bewildering”

迷津
mí jīn
a maze; to lose the way; bewildering

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bewildering is 迷津 (mí jīn), defined as: a maze; to lose the way; bewildering.

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Characters and stroke order

迷 mí
to bewitch, to charm; a fan of; infatuated
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
津 jīn
saliva, sweat; ferry, ford
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迷津.

WordPinyinMeaning
球迷qiú mífan (ball sports); 个 (gè)
迷你mí nǐ(loanword) mini-; miniature; very small
迷人mí rénfascinating; enchanting
迷惑mí huoto puzzle; to confuse
迷恋 (迷戀)mí liànto be infatuated with; to be enchanted by
迷信mí xìnsuperstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
津贴 (津貼)jīn tiēallowance
津津乐道 (津津樂道)jīn jīn lè dàoto discuss sth enthusiastically

See also: Japanese symbol for “bewildering”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.