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彌

简弥 · 繁彌

Mandarin · pinyin mí

full
to fill
completely
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彌: Look up this written character
弥: mí · extensive, full; fill; complete

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2 · mi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mei4 · nei4

Cantonese word readings for 彌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to relax a bow
to fill; to cover
full; overflowing; extensive
long; distant
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to mend; to repair
a surname

character · Etymology 2

Used in transcription.

character · Etymology 3

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 弭 (mǐ, “to stop; to put down”)

character · Etymology 4

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 婗 (ní)

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