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    3. 夷

    夷

    夷えびす

    barbarian

    KMT10Freq #2324HistoryKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    えびすえみしころ.すたい.らげる

    On'yomi

    イ

    Nanori

    し

    barbariansavageAinu

    大弓

    大
    弓
    丿

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    失夭夾夫奉奔弗奕夭夸央失夲夾夫

    Concepts using this kanji

    夷人

    barbarian

    東夷

    warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

    四夷

    Four Barbarians

    夷国

    land of the barbarians

    征夷大将軍

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

    以夷制夷

    controlling foreigners by foreigners

    夷を以て夷を制す

    to control foreigners by foreigners

    蝦夷五加

    Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)

    東夷西戎

    barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)

    以夷攻夷

    controlling foreigners by foreigners

    夷隅養護学校

    Isumi Special Needs School (older name style)

    夷則

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

    蝦夷透百合

    Siberian lily (Lilium pensylvanicum)

    焼夷弾

    incendiary bomb

    夷草

    sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia)

    華夷

    China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China)

    焼夷

    burning (something) away

    荒夷

    crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan

    蝦夷地

    Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

    蝦夷山桜

    sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)

    攘夷論

    principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

    勤王攘夷

    loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners

    蝦夷小桜

    wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia)

    波羅夷

    parajika (rules entailing expulsion from the sangha for life)

    蝦夷松

    Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)

    征夷

    defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi)

    蝦夷蔓金梅

    Pacific silverweed (Potentilla egedii var. grandis)

    夷俗

    barbaric custom

    尊皇攘夷

    revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

    優婆夷

    upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

    辛夷

    kobus magnolia

    蝦夷法螺

    Ezo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)

    蝦夷上溝桜

    bird cherry (Prunus padus)

    蝦夷鳴兎

    Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)

    蝦夷禅庭花

    day lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri)

    蝦夷赤蛙

    Ezo brown frog (Rana pirica)

    姫蝦夷法螺

    arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)

    幣辛夷

    Magnolia praecocissima

    蝦夷白蝶

    black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)

    蝦夷鹿

    Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis)

    夷

    barbarian

    擬蝦夷法螺

    double-sculptured neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea intersculpta)

    蝦夷雷鳥

    hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

    蝦夷菊

    China aster (Callistephus chinensis)

    蝦夷黄菅

    lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava)

    蝦夷鈴蘭

    Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)

    蝦夷栗鼠

    Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

    蝦夷黒貂

    Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)

    蛮夷

    savages

    蝦夷貝

    Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

    夷狄

    barbarians

    夷俘

    Emishi allied with the central government (ritsuryō period)

    蝦夷蝉

    Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

    蝦夷ネギ

    chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

    蝦夷にゅう

    Angelica ursina (species of perennial herb)

    蝦夷

    Emishi

    蝦夷榎

    Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis)

    夷鯛

    Japanese soldierfish (Ostichthys japonicus)

    蝦夷狼

    Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

    蝦夷縞栗鼠

    Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)

    蝦夷茜

    yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)

    蝦夷菫

    Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)

    夷蛮戎狄

    the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

    蝦夷鼯鼠

    Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

    蝦夷羆

    Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

    攘夷

    expulsion of foreigners

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 大
    • 弓

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    • 夷
    • 夷国
    • 夷人
    • 夷俗
    • 夷狄
    • 蝦夷
    • 勤王攘夷
    • 蛮夷
    • 攘夷
    • 焼夷弾
    • 征夷大将軍
    • 尊皇攘夷
    • 荒夷
    • 東夷
    • 蝦夷松
    • 蝦夷菊
    • 辛夷
    • 征夷
    • 攘夷論
    • 四夷
    • 夷蛮戎狄
    • 東夷西戎
    • 蝦夷狼
    • 蝦夷山桜
    • 蝦夷縞栗鼠
    • 蝦夷羆
    • 蝦夷地
    • 蝦夷鹿
    • 蝦夷雷鳥
    • 夷草
    • 蝦夷鼯鼠
    • 蝦夷黒貂
    • 優婆夷
    • 夷則
    • 幣辛夷
    • 波羅夷
    • 蝦夷栗鼠
    • 蝦夷ネギ
    • 蝦夷法螺
    • 蝦夷貝
    • 擬蝦夷法螺
    • 姫蝦夷法螺
    • 蝦夷蔓金梅
    • 蝦夷透百合
    • 蝦夷黄菅
    • 蝦夷白蝶
    • 蝦夷茜
    • 蝦夷鳴兎
    • 華夷
    • 蝦夷禅庭花
    • 蝦夷上溝桜
    • 蝦夷鈴蘭
    • 蝦夷五加
    • 蝦夷蝉
    • 焼夷
    • 蝦夷にゅう
    • 蝦夷榎
    • 蝦夷菫
    • 以夷制夷
    • 以夷攻夷
    • 夷を以て夷を制す
    • 蝦夷小桜
    • 夷俘
    • 蝦夷赤蛙
    • 夷鯛
    • 夷隅養護学校

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