弥

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See also: 彌 and 瀰
弥 U+5F25, 弥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F25
← 弤
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弦 →

Translingual

Japanese 弥
Simplified 弥
Traditional 彌

Han character

弥 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓火 (NNF), composition ⿰弓尔(G) or ⿰弓尓(JHKT))

References

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mnel) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 尔 (OC *njelʔ)

Usage recorded as early the 6th century, found in the Yupian《玉篇》, which was used interchangeably with 彌.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 瀰 (“full; overflowing; deep; expansive; full; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 瀰).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

弥

Kyūjitai

彌

Kanji

弥

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彌)

  1. go across; span; cover
  2. widely, extensively; far and wide
  3. increasingly; more and more
  4. for a long time; forever

Readings

Etymology 1

Proper noun

弥(わたる) • (Wataru) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Affix

弥(み) • (mi) 

  1. Used in transliterations.

Korean

Hanja

弥 (eum 미 (mi))

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