Kanji
夷
kanji character
barbarian
savage
Ainu
夷 kanji-夷 barbarian, savage, Ainu
夷
Meaning
barbarian savage and Ainu
Readings
Kun'yomi
- えびす がお smiling face
- えびす こう fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
- えびす ぐさ sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)
- えみし
- ころす
- たいらげる
On'yomi
- じょう い expulsion of foreigners
- い こく land of the barbarians
- い じん barbarian
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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夷 barbarian -
蝦 夷 Emishi, Ezo, non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan... -
攘 夷 expulsion of foreigners -
夷 国 land of the barbarians -
夷 人 barbarian, savage, foreigner -
夷 俗 barbaric custom, barbarian custom -
夷 狄 barbarians, aliens -
夷 顔 smiling face -
夷 講 fete in honor of Ebisu (honour) -
夷 草 sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia) -
夷 則 (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp), seventh lunar month -
夷 曲 appearing rustic, ancient song played at the court, comical tanka -
夷 俘 Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period) -
蛮 夷 savages, barbarians -
蕃 夷 savages, barbarians -
荒 夷 crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, wild man -
東 夷 warrior from the eastern parts of Japan, eastern barbarians, people east of China (from the perspective of China) -
辛 夷 kobus magnolia, Magnolia praecocissima, Magnolia kobus -
征 夷 defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi), conquering barbarians -
夷 振 りappearing rustic, ancient song played at the court, comical tanka -
華 夷 China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China), civilized land and uncivilized land -
焼 夷 burning (something) away, burning (something) down -
匂 辛 夷 willow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia), anise magnolia -
優 婆 夷 upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism) -
幣 辛 夷 Magnolia praecocissima, shidekobushi Magnolia kobus -
波 羅 夷 parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life) -
夷 蛮 戎 狄 the barbarians beyond the borders of old China -
焼 夷 弾 incendiary bomb, firebomb -
蝦 夷 松 Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis), Jezo spruce -
蝦 夷 菊 China aster (Callistephus chinensis), Chinese aster, annual aster