夷

Meaning

夷 centers on the concept of an outsider or uncivilized person, historically used to refer to barbarians, savages, or specifically the Ainu people.

• 夷えびす

  peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)

• 蝦夷えみし

  Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

• 攘夷じょうい

  expulsion of foreigners

• 焼夷弾しょういだん

  incendiary bomb; firebomb

• 辛夷こぶし

  kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus)

• 征夷大将軍せいいたいしょうぐん

  commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE)

• 蝦夷鹿えぞしか

  Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika

• 東夷あずまえびす

  warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

• 以夷制夷いいせいい

  controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another

• 以夷攻夷いいこうい

  controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another

• 優婆夷うばい

  upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

• 勤王攘夷きんのうじょうい

  loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners

• 四夷しい

  Four Barbarians (non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China)

• 地火明夷ちかめいい

  ming yi (hexagram 36 of the I Ching: darkening of the light)

• 夷い

  barbarian

• 夷を以て夷を制すいをもっていをせいす

  to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

• 夷人いじん

  barbarian; savage

• 夷俗いぞく

  barbaric custom; barbarian custom

• 夷俘いふ

  Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

• 夷則いそく

  (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

Explore all words using 夷 →