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 tribe
2. Eastern foreigner

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		夷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: i²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (夷, reconstructed)
Character (夷), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 以脂切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪ/	/i/	/i/	/ji/	/ji/	/ji/	/jɪ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (夷, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
夷								yí								‹ yij ›								/*ləj/								level, peaceful
夷								yí								‹ yij ›								/*ləj/								foreigner (especially to the east)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
夷					14862					夷					脂					1					姨					/*lil/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

夷

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

夷 (di, dì, dai, gì, rợ)

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