What does kanji 弥 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 弥 is all the more.

How is kanji 弥 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 弥 are や, いや, いよ.いよ, わた.る; the onyomi readings are ミ, ビ.

What is the main radical of kanji 弥?

The main radical for kanji 弥 is 弓.

What words use kanji 弥?

Example words that use kanji 弥 include 弥生, 渡る, 愈, 弥勒.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 2

弥

Meaning

Kanji 弥

all the more

all the more, increasingly

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: やいやいよ.いよわた.る
Onyomi 音読み: ミビ
Nanori 名乗り: わたるみつひろよ

Variant: 镾 (Itaiji) , 𢏏 (Itaiji) • Old form: 彌 • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1687
Strokes: 8
Radical: 弓
Components: ノ • 亅 • 小 • 弓 • 乞
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: 称 • 迩 • 妳 • 祢 • 你 • 尓 • 珎

Related vocabulary

27 common entries

Showing 27 of 58 entries that include this kanji.

弥生

やよい

thick growth (of grass, etc.)

渡る

わたる

to cross over

愈

いよいよ

(at the) last moment

弥勒

みろく

Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

いやが上に

いやがうえに

even more

いやが上にも

いやがうえにも

all the more

いや増す

いやます

to increase more and more

やな明後日

やなあさって

four days from today

香具師

やし

stallkeeper (at a festival, fair, etc.)

野次

やじ

hooting

野次る

やじる

to jeer (at)

野次馬

やじうま

curious onlookers

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

弥生の空は晴れ渡っていた。

The March sky was completely clear.

事故現場に弥次馬が集まってきた。

Curious onlookers gathered at the accident scene.

期待は弥が上にも高まった。

Expectations rose all the more.

祖母は毎日阿弥陀如来に祈っている。

Grandmother prays to Amida Buddha every day.

両国の弥栄を祈願いたします。

I pray for the increasing prosperity of both countries.