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Kanji Detail for 彌 - "extensive, full, fill, complete"

彌

  • Meaning

    彌 means "extensive, full, fill, complete."

    1. Long - Extended in time.

    2. More and more - Increasingly; progressively.

    3. Widely - Spreading everywhere.

  • Tattoo check: 彌

    • Verified meaning: extensive, full, fill, complete
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いいつか, ひさし, わたり, わたる)

    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 彌

    Given names 彌(わたり)Listen 彌(わたる)Listen

    Surnames 彌(いいつか)Listen 彌(ひさし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    extensive; full; fill; complete

    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

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Throughout; full. Such as 彌縫, meaning patching to leave no gaps. | Throughout. Such as 滿月 is also 彌月, meaning throughout one month. See (Book of Odes). | More. (Analects) "Suppress it, it rises higher; drill into it, it becomes harder." | Distant. 彌甥 is like saying a distant nephew. Used for those of somewhat distant generation. See (Zuo Zhuan).

  • Onyomi

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    bi(ビ) ビ

    mi(ミ) ミ

  • Kunyomi

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    amane.shi(あまね-し) あまね-し

    hisa.shii(ひさ-しい) ひさ-しい

    hisashi(ひさし) ひさし

    iya(いや) いや

    iyoiyo(いよいよ) いよいよ

    too.i(とお-い) とお-い

    wata.ru(わた-る) わた-る

    ya(や) や

  • Strokes

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    17 strokes

  • Radical

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    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    long more and more widely increasingly mend pass spread fullness completeness abundance increase extensive overflowing progressively replete thorough ample pervade

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