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)

stop, desist, end, quell

References

KangXi: 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

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
Min Nan (POJ): bí

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁵, mei⁵
  - Yale: máih, méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵, mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵, méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³/, /mei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (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/

Middle Chinese: /miᴇ^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mjɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miə̆^X/
Li Rong	/mie^X/
Wang Li	/mǐe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mie̯^X/
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	‹ mjie^X ›
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

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

Compounds

弭兵 (mǐbīng)
弭平
弭患
弭耳
消弭 (xiāomǐ)

弭棹
弭亂／弭乱
弭兵之會／弭兵之会
弭從／弭从
弭患無形／弭患无形

弭盜安民／弭盗安民
弭節／弭节
弭節徘徊／弭节徘徊
弭謗／弭谤

Japanese

Kanji

弭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

stop, quit
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 Hyōgaiji
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; should be so; must be; bound to be; expected to be Alternative spellings 筈, 弭

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

Korean

Hanja

弭 (eum 미 (mi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

弭: Hán Nôm readings: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

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