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弥 means 'increasingly'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 909   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-8    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 34 words   Used in 51 words   Used in 1920 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   や increasingly
Additional readings
On    ミ   ビ
Kun    いや   や   あまねし   いよいよ   とおい   ひさし   ひさしい   わたる
Name    わたる   みつ   ひろ   よ
Variants
彌  
Notes
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Components
⿰  弓 bow  尓 small man  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 弥 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 弥 is used 44 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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ミ : 19 words FIND ALL
あ み だ 0
noun
1. Amitabha (Buddha); Amida  (Buddhist term)
2. ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner  (see also: 阿弥陀籤; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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ビ : 4 words FIND ALL
び ま ん 0
pervasion
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や : 13 words FIND ALL
や よ い 0
noun
1. third month of the lunar calendar  (obsolete term)
2. thick growth (of grass, etc.)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading いやおい)
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いや : 4 words FIND ALL
い や ま さ る 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to become still greater
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よ: 4 words. FIND ALL
Most common form: 愈
1. more and more; increasingly  (see also: 愈々; archaic)
2. extremely; very  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading いや)
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An additional 7 less common words include 弥 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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弥
や increasingly   
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尓
small man
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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