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弥

8 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
ノ 亅 小 弓 乞
Variants:
彌
all the more, increasingly
Kun:
や、 いや、 いよ.いよ、 わた.る
On:
ミ、 ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弥撒 【ミサ】 (Catholic) Mass
  • 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
  • 沙弥 【シャミ】 male Buddhist novice
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)
  • 弥久 【ビキュウ】 extending over a long time
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up

Kun reading compounds

  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 弥栄 【いやさか】 prosperity, prospering, flourishing, best of luck, all the best, hurray, hoorah
  • 弥 【いや】 more and more, increasingly, extremely, very
  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 愈 【いよいよ】 more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, finally, beyond doubt, (at the) last moment, worst possible time
  • 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span

Readings

Japanese names:
わたる、 みつ、 ひろ、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • más aún
  • progresivamente

Portuguese

French

1536 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1565 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1980 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
832 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2065 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1012 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9753 Morohashi
288 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 New Nelson (John Haig)
2241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1322 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1829.0 Four corner code
1-44-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f25 Unicode hex code

栄

9 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
冖 尚 木
Variants:
榮
flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
Kun:
さか.える、 は.え、 -ば.え、 は.える、 え
On:
エイ、 ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
920 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 栄 【エイ】 honor, honour, glory, prosperity
  • 栄冠 【エイカン】 laurels, garland
  • 共栄 【キョウエイ】 mutual prosperity
  • 虚栄 【キョエイ】 vanity, vainglory

Kun reading compounds

  • 栄える 【さかえる】 to prosper, to flourish
  • 栄え 【はえ】 glory, splendour, honour
  • 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
  • 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
  • 栄 【えい】 honor, honour, glory, prosperity
  • 栄冠 【えいかん】 laurels, garland

Readings

Japanese names:
さかえ、 しげ、 てる、 なが、 ひで、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong2
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • florecer
  • prosperidad
  • honor
  • gloria
  • prosperar

Portuguese

  • florescer
  • prosperidade
  • honra
  • glória
  • esplendor

French

  • florissant
  • prospérité
  • honneur
  • gloire
  • splendeur
549 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
450 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
427 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
745 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2239 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
777 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
631 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
969 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
723 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
736 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1188 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1054 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3183 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1642 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2231 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
332 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14687P Morohashi
2574 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2635 New Nelson (John Haig)
326 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
348 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
520 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964 2001 Kanji
3n6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2-3-6 SKIP code
3290.4 Four corner code
9090.4 Four corner code
1-17-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6804 Unicode hex code