EntryCommonWaniKani 27
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb

    to lose one's way; to get lost; to go astray

    彼は森の中で迷った。
    He lost his way in the woods.
  2. to waver; to hesitate; to vacillate; to be of two minds (about); to be unable to make up one's mind; to not know what to do; to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed

  3. to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with); to be charmed (by); to be carried away (by); to be blinded (by); to be lost (in); to lose oneself (to)

  4. to linger (of a departed soul); to be restless in one's grave; to be unable to rest in peace

Also written 紕う【まよう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion

Kun
まよ.う
On
メイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
942 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 27

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.1The Kanji Dictionary
3930.9Four corner code
1064deroo
8ff7Unicode hex code
1-44-34JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4681Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6037New Nelson (John Haig)
3092New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3836Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1967Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2663Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
924Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
992Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1251A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
781Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38825PMorohashi
797A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
967Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
998Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724sakade
952Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
817henshall3
706Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1070Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
690Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
933Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mi2Pinyin reading
miKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level