弥

See also: 彌 and 瀰

弥	U+5F25, 弥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F25

← 弤
[U+5F24]

CJK Unified Ideographs

弦 →
[U+5F26]

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))

Derived characters

㳽, 猕, 㟜

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

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	弥
Kyūjitai	彌

Kanji

弥

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彌)

Readings

Go-on: み (mi)
Kan-on: び (bi)
Kun: いや (iya, 弥)、や (ya, 弥, Jōyō)、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)
Nanori: わたる (wataru)

Derived terms

弥(いや)が上(うえ)にも (iya ga ue ni mo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
弥
び Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
彌 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 彌 (MC mjie).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲi]

Affix

弥(び) • (bi)

extending

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
弥
わたる Grade: S
nanori

Alternative spelling
彌 (kyūjitai)

From the verb 渡(わた)る (wataru, “to go across, to go over, to pass through”), also spelled 弥(わた)る (wataru).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わたる [wàtárú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ta̠ɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

弥(わたる) • (Wataru)

a male given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
弥
み Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
彌 (kyūjitai)

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 彌 (MC mjie).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲi]

Affix

弥(み) • (mi)

used in transliterations

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
弥
いよいよ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
彌 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see the following entry.

【いよいよ】

[adverb] more and more, increasingly

[adverb] finally, at last

[adverb] indeed, really, no doubt

Alternative spellings
愈, 愈々, 愈愈, 弥々, 弥弥

(This term, 弥, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“^△弥”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

弥 (eum 미 (mi))

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