Kanji details for

 
Common kanji
Uses 6 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)

Search words that:
- start with 夷
- end with 夷
- contain 夷
barbarian, savage, Ainu
KUN:
  • えびす
    ebisu
  • えみし
    emishi
  • ころ.す
    koro.su
  • たい.らげる
    tai.rageru
ON:
  • i
Nanori:
  • shi
Written with 6 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Radicals:
Example words(showing 1-10 of 68 results)

noun
Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
See also:七福神
All readings:
恵比寿【えびす】
恵比寿【ゑびす】
恵比須【えびす】
恵比須【ゑびす】
恵比須【えべす】
【えびす】
【えびす】
蛭子【えびす】
蛭子【ひるこ】

noun
1.
Emishi, historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
2.
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)(only relevant for えぞ)
See also:蝦夷地
Other readings:
蝦夷【えみし】

noun
1.
peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)(archaism)
See also:蝦夷
2.
provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
3.
brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
4.
foreigner, barbarian(derogatory)
Other readings:
【えびす】

noun
expel the barbarians, expulsion of the foreigners, late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan

noun
1.
warrior from the eastern parts of Japan(derogatory, archaism, Kantou-ben (dialect))
2.
eastern barbarians, people east of China (from the perspective of China)(only relevant for とうい)
Other readings:
東夷【とうい】

noun
(in Japanese history) crude warrior from the eastern parts of the country, wild man

noun
controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another(yojijukugo)

noun
controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another(yojijukugo)
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