弥

See also: 彌 and 瀰

弥 U+5F25, 弥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F25 ← 弤 [U+5F24] CJK Unified Ideographs 弦 → [U+5F26]

Translingual

Han character

弥 (radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓火 (NNF), composition ⿰弓尔)

References

• KangXi: page 357, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9753
• Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 993, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F25

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
妳	*rneːlʔ
弥	*mnel
尒	*njelʔ
尔	*njelʔ
迩	*njelʔ
你	*nɯʔ
苶	*neːb, *njed, *neːd

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 彌 (“to relax a bow; to fill; to cover; etc.”). (This character, 弥, is the simplified form of 彌.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 瀰 (“full; flow”). (This character, 弥, is the simplified form of 瀰.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

弥

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彌)

1. （端から端に）わたる。Cross (from end to end).
2. あまねく universally
3. ますます more and more
4. 永く a long time

Readings

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: ひさしい (hisashii, 弥しい); わたる (wataru, 弥る); あまねし (amaneshi, 弥し); いよいよ (iyoiyo, 弥)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

弥 (hiragana わたる, rōmaji Wataru)

1. A male given name

Etymology 2

Affix

弥 (hiragana み, rōmaji mi)

1. Used in transliterations.

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Korean

Hanja

弥 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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