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弥 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「弓」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「弓」
On
ミ・ビみ・び · mi · bi
Kun
や・いや・いよ.いよ・わた.るya · iya · iyo.iyo · wata.ru
Meaning
increasingly; all the more

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A bow plus spreading full: a bow drawn to its length — hence “more and more, all over”.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunやya—

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 弥生やよい

    the third lunar month; the Yayoi period

  • 弥勒みろく

    Maitreya

More words with this kanji

  • 阿弥陀あみだ
  • 弥漫びまん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

弥生(やよい)時代(じだい)の土器(どき)が出土(しゅつど)した。

Pottery from the Yayoi period was unearthed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

弥勒弥生弥勒bit an…生life弓bow引to pul…弖te弘vast弛slacke…眉eyebro…未not ye…尾tail枇loquat味taste
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 弓Map of reading ミAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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