夷 — kanji meaning “barbarian”
夷
barbarian, savage, Ainu
- Meanings
- barbarian, savage, Ainu
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- えびす、えみし、ころ.す、たい.らげる
- Name readings
- し
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2324 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- yí — Chinese character page
Words with 夷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝦夷 | えみし emishi | Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan |
| 攘夷 | じょうい joui | expulsion of foreigners |
| 焼夷弾 | しょういだん shouidan | incendiary bomb; firebomb |
| 東夷 | あずまえびす azumaebisu | warrior from the eastern parts of Japan |
| 辛夷 | こぶし kobushi | kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus) |
| 夷狄 | いてき iteki | barbarians; aliens |
| 夷国 | いこく ikoku | land of the barbarians |
| 夷人 | いじん ijin | barbarian; savage |
| 夷俗 | いぞく izoku | barbaric custom; barbarian custom |
| 勤王攘夷 | きんのうじょうい kinnoujoui | loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners |
| 蛮夷 | ばんい ban'i | savages; barbarians |
| 尊皇攘夷 | そんのうじょうい sonnoujoui | revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians |
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