弥
弥 — All the more
all the more, increasingly
On’yomiミ (mi)
On’yomiビ (bi)
Kun’yomiや (ya)
Kun’yomiいや (iya)
Kun’yomiいよいよ (iyoiyo)
Kun’yomiわたる (wataru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 弥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弥生 | やよい yayoi | third month of the lunar calendar; Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture |
| 阿弥陀 | あみだ amida | Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery |
| 弥勒 | みろく miroku | Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku |
Study notes
弥 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1687 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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