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Kanji Detail for 弥 - "all the more, increasingly"

弥

  • Meaning

    弥 means "all the more, increasingly."

    1. Increasingly - More and more; further.

    2. Universal - Widely spread; reaching everywhere.

    3. Long time - Distant; much time passing.

    4. To mend - To repair; to fix a tear.

  • Words using 弥

    • 弥生 やよい Listen Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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    • Verified meaning: all the more, increasingly
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, あまね, いよ, び)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 弥

    Given names 弥(あつし)Listen 弥(あまね)Listen 弥(いよ)Listen 弥(ひさし)Listen 弥(ひろ)Listen 弥(ひろし)Listen 弥(みつ)Listen 弥(やすし)Listen 弥(やよい)Listen 弥(わたり)Listen

    Surnames 弥(び)Listen 弥(や)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    all the more; increasingly

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    extensive, full; fill; complete

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    full; to fill; completely; more

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    complete, extensive, full; to fill

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

    mi(ミ) ミ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iya(いや) いや

    iyoiyo(いよいよ) いよいよ

    wata.ru(わた-る) わた-る

    ya(や) や

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    universal long time to mend extensively finally increasingly widespread everywhere more and more prolonged far-reaching expansive repair further gradual

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