Keyword
full
- complete
- extensive
- to fill
- Frequency
- #1988
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
mí100%
Mnemonic
弓 (bow) gives the meaning and 尔 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
弥补
to complement; to make up for a deficiency
弥
full; to fill; completely; more; brimming or overflowing
弥漫
to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
弥撒
(Catholic) Mass
阿弥陀佛
Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; merciful Buddha!
弥勒
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
弥赛亚
Messiah
弥勒佛
Maitreya; the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
弥陀
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise; abbr. for 阿弥陀佛; Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄县 (Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan
弥足珍贵
extremely precious; valuable
弥合
to cause a wound to close up and heal
弥散
to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)
沙弥
novice Buddhist monk
弥留之际
on one's deathbed; at the point of death
弥留
seriously ill and about to die
欲盖弥彰
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
须弥山
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 (Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
弥天大谎
a pack of lies (idiom)
历久弥新
lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom); fig. timeless; unfading
阿耳忒弥斯
Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon)
须弥
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原 (Gùyuán), Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
弥天
filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
弥渡县
Midu, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州 (DàlǐBáizúZìzhìzhōu), Yunnan
弥月
full moon; first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)