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夷 kanji
barbarian, savage, Ainu
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
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Kun readings
えびすえみしころすたいらげる
Words with 夷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —夷barbarian
- —夷国land of the barbarians
- —夷人barbarian; savage; foreigner
- —夷俗barbaric custom; barbarian custom
- —夷狄barbarians; aliens
- —蛮夷savages; barbarians
- —攘夷expulsion of foreigners
- —東夷warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
- —征夷defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi); conquering barbarians
- —四夷Four Barbarians (non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China)
- —夷則(in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp); seventh lunar month
- —華夷China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land
- —焼夷burning (something) away; burning (something) down
- —夷俘Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)
- —焼夷弾incendiary bomb; firebomb
- —攘夷論principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)
- —優婆夷upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
- —波羅夷parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life)
- —勤王攘夷loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
- —夷蛮戎狄the barbarians beyond the borders of old China