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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǐ | mi3
English translation
to overflow, to flood; to disseminate

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Water  shuǐ everywhere  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵彌

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gōng represents the meaning and ěr represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
弥补 míbǔ to complement彌補
full
弥漫 mímàn to pervade彌漫
阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó Amitabha Buddha阿彌陀佛
弥撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass彌撒
弥赛亚 Mí sài yà Messiah彌賽亞
弥散 mí sàn to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)彌散
弥勒 Mí lè Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan彌勒
弥留 mí liú seriously ill and about to die彌留
弥合 mí hé to cause a wound to close up and heal彌合
弥陀 Mí tuó abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó 彌陀
欲盖弥彰 yù gài mí zhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.欲蓋彌彰
须弥 Xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition須彌
弥留之际 mí liú zhī jì on one's deathbed彌留之際
弥勒佛 Mí lè fó Maitreya彌勒佛
沙弥 shā mí novice Buddhist monk沙彌
弥足珍贵 mí zú zhēn guì valuable彌足珍貴
弥天 mí tiān filling the entire sky彌天
弥天大谎 mí tiān dà huǎng a pack of lies (idiom)彌天大謊

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