Hanja Analyzer
弥

弥 — mi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
미륵 미
Romanization
mi
English
extensive, full; fill; complete
Mandarin
mí
Japanese on'yomi
ビ, ミ, ゲイ
Japanese kun'yomi
や いや いよ.いよ わた.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,687 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
彌
Radical
弓 (57, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
尔
Unicode
U+5F25

Parts that make up 弥

  • 弓 활 궁 시위를 건 활활과 쏘는 일, 굽은 것
  • 尓 너 이 너 이(爾)를 줄여 쓴 꼴‘이·니’ 계열의 소리

How 弥 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 弥 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 弓, 尔.

Japanese words with 弥

  • 弥生やよい third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture
  • 阿弥陀あみだ Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery
  • 弥勒みろく Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
  • 弥いや more and more; increasingly; extremely
  • 弥撒ミサ (Catholic) Mass
  • 弥久びきゅう extending over a long time
  • 弥縫びほう patching up
  • 弥陀みだ Amitabha
  • 沙弥しゃみ male Buddhist novice
  • 弥栄いやさか prosperity; prospering; flourishing
  • 弥助やすけ sushi
  • 弥猛やたけ ardent; eager; impatient

Characters sharing the phonetic 尔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

你 殄 畛 疹 紾 袗 趁 軫

Other hanja read “미”

亹 侎 冞 味 咩 咪 娓 媄 媚 媺 尾 嵋 弭 彌 微 敉 未 梶 楣 渼 湄 瀰 獼 眉 米 糜 縻 羋 美 芈 苿 菋 薇 蘼 謎 迷 郿 靡 麋 黴

Other hanja with radical 弓

弓 弔 引 弗 弘 弛 弟 弢 弦 弧 弩 弭 弱 弴 張 強 弹 强 弼 弾 彀 彂 彆 彈 彊 彌 彎

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