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Zach

Readings

Kana: ミ、ビ、いや、や、あまねし、いよいよ、とおい、ひさし、ひさ.しい、わた.る
Romaji: mi, bi, iya, ya, amaneshi, iyoiyo, tooi, hisashi, hisa.shii, wata.ru
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Name Readings

Kana: わたる、みつ、ひろ、よ
Romaji: wataru, mitsu, hiro, yo
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Meanings

all the more, increasingly

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  57
Frequency:  1687
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  mi
Chinese Reading:  mi2
Unicode:  5f25
JIS:  4C6F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 288
Nelson Index: 1565
New Nelson Index: 1689
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3h5.2
Four Corner Index: 1829.0
Gakken Index: 1536
Japanese Names Index: 832
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9753
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0700
Remembering the kanji Index: 2241
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 214
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 258
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1322
Essential Kanji Index: 1980
Kodansha Kanji Index: 344

Words

(いや、いよ、よ、いよよ)
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
阿弥陀 (あみだ)
Amitabha; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
弥勒 (みろく)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
沙弥 (しゃみ、さみ)
male Buddhist novice
弥次喜多 (やじきた)
comical pair; pair of buffoons
弥生 (やよい、いやおい)
third month of the lunar calendar; thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)
阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
弥栄 (いやさか、やさか)
prosperity; prospering; flourishing; best of luck; all the best; hurray; hoorah
阿弥陀堂 (あみだどう)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
弥勒菩薩 (みろくぼさつ)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
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