謎
なぞ · nazo · JLPT N3 · noun
riddle
🧩 謎 = 言 words + 迷 lost: words that leave you lost
The left part 言 means speech or words, and the right part 迷 means to get lost or go astray (as in 迷子 maigo, a lost child). A riddle is speech that leads you astray. For the reading nazo, a puzzled shrug works: nah, so... what is it?