弥 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「弓」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「弓」
- On
- ミ・ビ
- Kun
- や・いや・いよ.いよ・わた.る
- Meaning
- increasingly; all the more
Origin
A bow plus spreading full: a bow drawn to its length — hence “more and more, all over”.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 弥生やよい
the third lunar month; the Yayoi period
- 弥勒みろく
Maitreya
Example
弥生時代の土器が出土した。
Pottery from the Yayoi period was unearthed.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)