漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
弥: all the more, increasingly
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 弓bow(meaning)
- 尓(form)
弓 carries the meaning · 尓 is drawn in
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ビbi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 弥久びきゅうextending over a long time
- 弥縫びほうpatching up
- 弥漫びまんspread; pervasion; permeation
Also read ミ, や, いや, いよいよ, わたる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the curve of a great bow held steady by a master archer! This character represents the beauty of tension and the potential of energy waiting to be released.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尓
Also built on 尓
Also read ミ
5 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side弥 all the more · 弓
vs称 appellation · 禾In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 彌 · mí
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 弥. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 彌.
- Simplified
- 弥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 彌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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