Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanjie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
han-jie
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 判じ絵 (hanjie, literally “picture puzzle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hanjies (plural)

Synonyms

griddler nonogram picross

Questions

What does hanjie mean?
A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
Where does hanjie come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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