谜语 (míyǔ) · riddle

谜 mí · riddle

What 谜 is made of

• 讠yán — speech
• 迷mí — to bewitch
  • 辶 — walking, moving
  • 米mǐ — rice
    • 丷ha — kwukyel
    • 木mù — tree

语 yǔ · language

What 语 is made of

• 讠yán — speech
• 吾wú — I
  • 五wǔ — five
    • 二 — two strokes
  • 口kǒu — mouth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 吾 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)