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夷 kanji
barbarian, savage, Ainu
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
イ
Kun readings
えびすえみしころすたいらげる
Words with 夷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —東夷西戎barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
- —以夷制夷controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
- —以夷攻夷controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
- —地火明夷ming yi (hexagram 36 of the I Ching: darkening of the light)
- —征夷大将軍commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
- —夷隅養護学校Isumi Special Needs School (older name style)
- —夷を以て夷を制すto control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another
- —蕃夷savages; barbarians
- —尊王攘夷revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
- —以夷征夷controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another