弭

弭	U+5F2D, 弭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F2D

← 弬
[U+5F2C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

弮 →
[U+5F2E]

Translingual

Han character

弭 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸十 (NSJ), four-corner 1124₀, composition ⿰弓耳)

stop, desist, end, quell

Derived characters

㥝, 渳, 葞, 麛
㢽 (Apparent)

Additional Derived Characters

𢐩, 𪓯

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9768
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 995, character 3
Unihan data for U+5F2D

Chinese

trad.		弭
simp. ^#		弭
alternative forms		彌／弥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (耳) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
佴	nɯːs, njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	njis, njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	njɯ, njɯs
誀	njɯ, njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	njɯʔ, njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	njɯs, rnɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mniʔ): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 耳 (OC *njɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ / mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
  - Wade–Giles: mi³
  - Yale: mǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
  - Palladius: ми (mi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mai⁵ / mei⁵
  - Yale: máih / méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ / mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ / méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
  - Tâi-lô: bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: mjieX

Rime
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	綿婢切
Baxter	mjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆^X/
Li Rong	/mie^X/
Wang Li	/mǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-ŋ]e(j)ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mniʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjie^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-ŋ]e(j)ʔ/
English	bow decorated with bone or ivory ends
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
No.	2775
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	渳
Old Chinese	/*mniʔ/

Definitions

弭

(literary) to stop; to put an end to; to remove
(archaic) bow decorated with bone or ivory at the ends
(archaic) curved ends of a bow
(archaic) to reassure; to assuage; to calm
(archaic) to forget
Used in place names.
a surname

Compounds

弭亂 / 弭乱
弭兵 (mǐbīng)
弭兵之會 / 弭兵之会
弭平
弭從 / 弭从
弭患
弭患無形 / 弭患无形
弭棹
弭盜安民 / 弭盗安民
弭節 / 弭节
弭節徘徊 / 弭节徘徊
弭耳
弭謗 / 弭谤
消弭 (xiāomǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

弭

(Hyōgai kanji)

stop, quit
nock, notch

Readings

On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)
Kun: やはず (yahazu, 弭)、はず (hazu, 弭)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
弭
はず Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【はず】

[noun] nock; the grooves that hold a bowstring on a bow, the notch that holds an arrow to the bowstring

[noun] (sumo) a nock-shaped grip used in はず押(お)し (hazu oshi)

[noun] as things should be; what is expected; that which should be so; must be; bound to be; expected to be

[noun] (Okinawa) what may happen; as things could be

Alternative spelling
筈

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

References

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

Korean

Hanja

弭 (eum 활고자 미 (hwalgoja mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

弭: Hán Nôm readings: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

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