夷

barbarian; savage; Ainu

6 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2324.

Readings

• イ (on reading): 焼夷弾 (しょういだん) incendiary bomb; 征夷 (せいい) defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi)
• えびす (kun reading): 夷 (えびす) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); 東夷 (あずまえびす) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan
• えみし (kun reading): 蝦夷 (えみし) Emishi
• ころす (kun reading)
• たいらげる (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 蝦夷地 (えぞち) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

Components

• 大
• 弓
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 大 radical big
• 弓 radical bow

Kanji containing 夷

• 銕 iron
• 姨 younger sister
• 洟 tear
• 痍 injury

Words using 夷

• 焼夷弾 (しょういだん) incendiary bomb
• 征夷 (せいい) defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi)
• 攘夷 (じょうい) expulsion of foreigners
• 尊皇攘夷 (そんのうじょうい) revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
• 夷狄 (いてき) barbarians
• 夷 (えびす) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
• 東夷 (あずまえびす) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan
• 蝦夷地 (えぞち) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
• 蝦夷 (えみし) Emishi
• 辛夷 (コブシ) kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus)

32 words in all.

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