Jisho

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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

猛

11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
子 犯 皿
fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猛 【モウ】 greatly energetic, ferocious, extreme, severe
  • 猛威 【モウイ】 fury, power, menace
  • 勇猛 【ユウモウ】 daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
  • 豪猛 【ゴウモウ】 strongly ferocious

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たけし、 たける
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng3
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • valiente
  • salvaje
  • violento

Portuguese

  • feroz
  • enfurecer
  • acelerar
  • tornar-se furioso
  • selvageria
  • vigor

French

  • féroce
  • fulminer
  • se ruer
  • devenir furieux
  • sauvagerie
  • force
1854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1378 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1525 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1579 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1516 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1305 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20498 Morohashi
537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1462 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2974 2001 Kanji
3g7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
4721.7 Four corner code
1-44-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
731b Unicode hex code