Kanji details for 夷
夷
Common kanji
Uses 6 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
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Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
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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:
- イi
Nanori:
- しshi
Example words(showing 1-10 of 68 results)
noun
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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】
、戎【えびす】
、夷【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:
戎【えびす】
noun
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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
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(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)
See also:夷を以て夷を制す
noun
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controlling foreigners by foreigners, playing one barbarian state against another(yojijukugo)
See also:夷を以て夷を制す