Word of the Day: Maigo 迷子 【まいご】 (Noun.) Lost/stray child.
Kanji Info: 迷 子
Notes: 迷 is the first character in 迷う 【まよう】 (to lose one’s way). 迷 appears in compounds as diverse as 迷惑 【めいわく】 (bother, annoyance), 迷彩 【めいさい】 (camouflage, disguise), 迷信 【めいしん】 (superstition), and 迷宮【めいきゅう】(maze, labrynth).
子 is read 【こ】 by itself and means “child.” It appears in too many compounds to list here, but for the sake of comparison with 迷宮, 子宮 【しきゅう】 means womb or uterus. It also appears in several scientific terms not related to reproduction: 電子【でんし】 (electron), 原子【げんし】 (atom), 振り子【ふりこ】 (pendulum). Other compounds include 帽子【ぼうし】 (hat) and 障子【しょうじ】 (paper sliding door).
