Chinese symbol for “enigma”
谜团
mí tuán
Traditional: 謎團
riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enigma is 谜团 (mí tuán), defined as: riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “enigma”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谜团.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谜语 (謎語) | mí yǔ | riddle; conundrum |
| 谜底 (謎底) | mí dǐ | answer to a riddle |
| 解谜 (解謎) | jiě mí | to solve the riddle |
| 谜题 (謎題) | mí tí | puzzle; riddle |
| 猜谜 (猜謎) | cāi mí | to answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence) |
| 集团 (集團) | jí tuán | group; bloc |
| 团体 (團體) | tuán tǐ | group; organization |
| 团队 (團隊) | tuán duì | team |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enigma”.
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.