夷

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 (“big”) + 弓 (“bow”)

Han character

夷 (radical 37 大+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大弓 (KN), X大弓 (XKN), four-corner 5003₂)

1. ancient barbarian tribes

Derived terms

• 姨, 咦, 胰, 蛦, 桋, 跠, 鮧, 侇, 峓, 恞, 痍, 洟, 羠, 鴺, 荑, 𢓡

References

• KangXi: page 249, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5852
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 527, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5937

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Cantonese

Hanzi

夷 (Yale yi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

夷

Readings

• On: い (i)
• Kun: たいらげる (tairageru), ころす (korosu), えびす (ebisu)

Compounds

• 蝦夷 (えみし, emishi; えみす, emisu; えびす, ebisu; えぞ, ezo)

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Korean

Hanja

夷 (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune-Reischauer i)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

夷 (pinyin yí (yi2), Wade-Giles i²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夷 (di, dì, dai, gì, rợ)