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彌

See also: 弥
彌 U+5F4C, 彌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F4C
← 彋
[U+5F4B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彍 →
[U+5F4D]

Translingual

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Japanese 弥
Simplified 弥
Traditional 彌

Han character

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彌 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓一火月 (NMFB), four-corner 11227, composition ⿰弓爾)

Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 361, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9877
  • Dae Jaweon: page 679, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1004, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5F4C

Chinese

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trad. 彌
simp. 弥*
alternative forms 𢑀
㣆

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (爾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬭 *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰 *niːlʔ
镾 *niːlʔ, *mnel
薾 *niːlʔ
檷 *niːlʔ
鑈 *niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰 *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼 *mnel
瓕 *mnel
彌 *mnel
鸍 *mnel, *hnjel
擟 *mnel
濔 *mnelʔ
壐 *smlelʔ
璽 *smlelʔ
爾 *njelʔ
邇 *njelʔ
獮 *smlenʔ
籋 *neb, *neːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mnel) : semantic 弓 + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note: nei4 - more common variant.
Rime
Character 彌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武移切
Baxter mjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miə̆/
Li
Rong 		/mie/
Wang
Li 		/mǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彌
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjie ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-nə[r]/
English to complete

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彌
Reading # 1/1
No. 2808
Phonetic
component 		爾
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		彌
Old
Chinese 		/*mnel/

Definitions

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彌

  1. to relax a bow
  2. to fill; to cover
  3. full; overflowing; extensive
    alt. forms: 瀰／弥
  4. long; distant
  5. more
  6. to mend; to repair
  7. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (more):

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Note: nei4 - more common variant.
Rime
Character 彌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武移切
Baxter mjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miə̆/
Li
Rong 		/mie/
Wang
Li 		/mǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei4

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彌

  1. Used in transcription.
    阿彌陀佛／阿弥陀佛  ―  Āmítuófó  ―  Amitabha
    阿耳忒彌斯／阿耳忒弥斯  ―  Ā'ěrtèmísī  ―  Artemis
    彌賽亞／弥赛亚  ―  Mísàiyà  ―  Messiah
    堅彌地街／坚弥地街 [Cantonese]  ―  gin1 nei4 dei6 gaai1 [Jyutping]  ―  Kennedy Street
    彌敦道／弥敦道 [Cantonese]  ―  nei4 deoi1 dou6 [Jyutping]  ―  Nathan Road

Compounds

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彌
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjieX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-nə[r]ʔ/
English stop

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

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彌

  1. Alternative form of 弭 (mǐ, “to stop; to put down”)

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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彌

  1. Alternative form of 婗 (ní)

Japanese

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Shinjitai

弥

Kyūjitai

彌

Kanji

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彌

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弥)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 弥.

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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彌 (eumhun 미륵 미 (mireuk mi))
彌 (eumhun 두루 미 (duru mi))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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彌: Hán Việt readings: di
彌: Nôm readings: di

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