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

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
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

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/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 mei5
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
弭

(uncommon “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
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 spelling
筈
(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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