弥

ever more; all the more; increasingly

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1687.

Readings

• ミ (on reading): 阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい) Amitabha Tathagata; 阿弥陀 (あみだ) Amitabha (Buddha)
• や (kun reading): 弥生時代 (やよいじだい) Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); 弥生 (やよい) third month of the lunar calendar
• いや (kun reading): 弥栄 (いやさか) prosperity; 弥増さる (いやまさる) to become still greater
• ビ (on reading): 弥久 (びきゅう) extending over a long time; 弥縫 (びほう) patching up
• いよいよ (kun reading)
• わたる (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 大阪府立弥生文化博物館 (おおさかふりつやよいぶんかはくぶつかん) Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

Components

• 弓
• 尓
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 亅 radical hook
• 乞 radical beg
• 小 radical small
• 弓 radical bow

Words using 弥

• 阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい) Amitabha Tathagata
• 阿弥陀 (あみだ) Amitabha (Buddha)
• 阿弥陀堂 (あみだどう) temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
• 阿弥陀仏 (あみだぶつ) Amitabha
• 弥勒 (みろく) Maitreya (Bodhisattva)
• 弥生時代 (やよいじだい) Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE)
• 弥生 (やよい) third month of the lunar calendar
• 弥助 (やすけ) sushi
• 弥生人 (やよいじん) Yayoi people
• 弥次郎兵衛 (やじろべえ) balancing toy
• 弥栄 (いやさか) prosperity
• 弥増さる (いやまさる) to become still greater
• 天皇弥栄 (すめらぎいやさか) prosperity to the emperor
• 弥久 (びきゅう) extending over a long time
• 弥縫 (びほう) patching up
• 弥縫策 (びほうさく) stopgap measure
• 大阪府立弥生文化博物館 (おおさかふりつやよいぶんかはくぶつかん) Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture

39 words in all.

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