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迷惑

めいわく

trouble, annoyance

Mnemonic

Rice all over the road and a heart that cannot see its way past it, and you are the one who spilled it. Mei めい, walk わく round it, everybody: めいわく.

Built from

lost, astray
辶 road + 米 rice
confusion, be misled
心 a heart at the bottom under a halberd guarding a border. Torn about which way it ought to go.

Words sharing these kanji

to be perplexed, to get lost to be perplexed, to be bewildered

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