# 弥 — Increasing

Frequency rank 1401 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 恩 (Kindness), less common than 筒 (Cylinder).

- On’yomi: や
- Kun’yomi: い
- Radical: 弓 Bow (Kangxi 57)
- Frequency path: Level XI of XX

A bow on the left stretches toward something small wrapped in a towel on the right — the bow keeps bending further, increasingly stretching, growing more and more.

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