弥

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full; to fill; completely; more

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

弓 meaning “bow” + 尔 sound ( ěr )

Components 弓尔

fill · Heisig RSH #1015

弓 bow + hiccup

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
日久弥新	rì jiǔ mí xīn	see 歷久彌新\|历久弥新[li4 jiu3 mi2 xin1]
弥留之际	mí liú zhī jì	on one's deathbed; at the point of death
笑口弥勒	Xiào kǒu Mí lè	laughing Maitreya
弥赛亚	Mí sài yà	Messiah
弥勒市	Mí lè Shì	Mile, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州\|红河哈尼族彝族自治…
阿弥陀如来	Ē mí tuó rú lái	Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
弥天	mí tiān	filling the entire sky; covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
历久弥新	lì jiǔ mí xīn	lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom); fig. timeless; unfading
弥合	mí hé	to cause a wound to close up and heal
艾弥尔	Ài mí ěr	Emile (name)
弥漫星云	mí màn xīng yún	diffuse nebula
弥勒佛	Mí lè fó	Maitreya; the Bodhisattva that will be the next to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
弥月	mí yuè	full moon; first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
沙弥	shā mí	novice Buddhist monk
安魂弥撒	ān hún mí sa	Requiem Mass (Catholic)
弥满	mí mǎn	to be full
弥天大谎	mí tiān dà huǎng	a pack of lies (idiom)
须弥山	Xū mí shān	Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu…
阿弥陀佛	Ē mí tuó Fó	Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; mer…
弥足珍贵	mí zú zhēn guì	extremely precious; valuable

Characters sharing the sound component 尔 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尔 sound part	ěr	you; that, those; final particle
迩	ěr	near, close; recent
玺	xǐ	imperial signet, royal signet
祢	mí	one's deceased father