hanjie

See also: hànjiē

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hanjie (plural hanjies)

1. (games, puzzles) 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.

Synonyms

• (puzzle): griddler, nonogram, picross

Translations

puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled — see nonogram