弥

See also: 彌 and 瀰
弥 U+5F25, 弥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F25
← 弤
[U+5F24] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弦 →
[U+5F26]

Translingual

Han character

弥 (radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓火 (NNF), composition ⿰弓尔)

References
  • KangXi: page 357, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9753
  • Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 993, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5F25

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (尔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妳 *rneːlʔ
弥 *mnel
尒 *njelʔ
尔 *njelʔ
迩 *njelʔ
你 *nɯʔ
苶 *neːb, *njed, *neːd

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 彌 (“to relax a bow; to fill; to cover; etc.”).
(This character, 弥, is the simplified form of 彌.)
Notes:

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 瀰 (“full; flow”).
(This character, 弥, is the simplified form of 瀰.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
弥

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彌)

  1. （端から端に）わたる。Cross (from end to end).
  2. あまねく universally
  3. ますます more and more
  4. 永く a long time

Readings

Etymology 1

Proper noun

弥 (hiragana わたる, rōmaji Wataru)

  1. A male given name

Etymology 2

Affix

弥 (hiragana み, rōmaji mi)

  1. Used in transliterations.

Korean

Hanja

弥 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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