弭

弭 U+5F2D, 弭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F2D ← 弬 [U+5F2C] CJK Unified Ideographs 弮 → [U+5F2E]

Translingual

Han character

弭 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸十 (NSJ), four-corner 1124₀, composition ⿰弓耳)

1. stop, desist, end, quell

Derived characters

• 㥝, 渳, 𢐩, 葞, 麛, 𪓯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 358, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9768
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 995, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F2D

Chinese

trad.		弭
simp. #		弭
alternative forms		彌／弥

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (耳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
佴	*nɯːs, *njɯs
麛	*miː
弭	*mniʔ
渳	*mniʔ
葞	*mniʔ
髶	*njis, *njoŋ
聻	*nɯʔ
恥	*n̥ʰɯʔ
咡	*njɯ, *njɯs
誀	*njɯ, *njɯs
耳	*njɯʔ
洱	*njɯʔ, *njɯs
駬	*njɯʔ
餌	*njɯs
珥	*njɯs
衈	*njɯs
毦	*njɯs
刵	*njɯs
眲	*njɯs, *rnɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐ (mi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ / mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐ
    • Wade–Giles: mi³
    • Yale: mǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mii
    • Palladius: ми (mi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ / mei⁵
    • Yale: máih / méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ / mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ / méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí
    • Tâi-lô: bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieX

Rime
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	綿婢切
Baxter	mjieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆X/
Li Rong	/mieX/
Wang Li	/mǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mei5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-ŋ]e(j)ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mniʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjieX ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-ŋ]e(j)ʔ/
English	bow decorated with bone or ivory ends
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	弭
Reading #	1/1
No.	2775
Phonetic component	耳
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	渳
Old Chinese	/*mniʔ/

Definitions

弭

1. (literary) to stop; to put an end to; to remove
2. (archaic) bow decorated with bone or ivory at the ends
3. (archaic) curved ends of a bow
4. (archaic) to reassure; to assuage; to calm
5. (archaic) to forget
6. Used in place names.
7. a surname

Compounds

• 弭亂 / 弭乱
• 弭兵 (mǐbīng)
• 弭兵之會 / 弭兵之会
• 弭平
• 弭從 / 弭从
• 弭患
• 弭患無形 / 弭患无形
• 弭棹
• 弭盜安民 / 弭盗安民
• 弭節 / 弭节
• 弭節徘徊 / 弭节徘徊
• 弭耳
• 弭謗 / 弭谤
• 消弭 (xiāomǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 弭

弭

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. stop, quit
2. nock, notch

Readings

• On (unclassified): び (bi)、み (mi)
• Kun: やはず (yahazu, 弭)、はず (hazu, 弭)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
弭
はず Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 弭 – see the following entry.

【はず】 [noun] nock; the grooves that hold a bowstring on a bow, the notch that holds an arrow to the bowstring [noun] (sumo) a nock-shaped grip used in はず押(お)し (hazu oshi) [noun] as things should be; what is expected; that which should be so; must be; bound to be; expected to be [noun] (Okinawa) what may happen; as things could be Alternative spelling 筈

(This term, 弭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲弭”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

弭 (eum 활고자 미 (hwalgoja mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

弭: Hán Nôm readings: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

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