彙いMeanings1nounkind; sort; typearchaicArchaic standalone noun meaning 'kind' or 'sort'. In modern Japanese, this word is almost never used alone; it survives in compounds like 語彙 (ごい).古ふるい辞じ書しょには「彙い」を「たぐい」と説せつ明めいしているものがある。Some old dictionaries explain 彙 as 'kind' or 'sort'.