mí
extensive
Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 爾 represents the sound.
Evolution

Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 彌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to complement | ||
full | ||
to pervade | ||
Amitabha Buddha | ||
(Catholic) Mass |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-nə[r] | mjie | mí | to complete |
*m-nə[r]ʔ | mjieX | mí | stop |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 11.9334% of movies
1827th most common character in movies
1785th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+5F4C |
Sources
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