弥 — kanji meaning “all the more”
弥
all the more, increasingly
- Meanings
- all the more, increasingly
- On'yomi
- ミ (mi)、ビ (bi)
- Kun'yomi
- や、いや、いよ.いよ、わた.る
- Name readings
- わたる、みつ、ひろ、よ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1687 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 57
- Chinese reading
- mí — Chinese character page
Words with 弥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弥生 | やよい yayoi | third month of the lunar calendar |
| 阿弥陀 | あみだ amida | Amitabha (Buddha); Amida |
| 弥勒 | みろく miroku | Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku |
| 沙弥 | しゃみ shami | male Buddhist novice |
| 弥勒菩薩 | みろくぼさつ mirokubosatsu | Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku |
| 弥栄 | いやさか iyasaka | prosperity; prospering; flourishing |
| 阿弥陀堂 | あみだどう amidadou | temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha |
| 弥次喜多 | やじきた yajikita | comical pair; pair of buffoons |
| 弥撒 | ミサ misa | (Catholic) Mass |
| 弥久 | びきゅう bikyuu | extending over a long time |
| 弥生時代 | やよいじだい yayoijidai | Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) |
| 弥縫 | びほう bihou | patching up |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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