夷 — i

Parts that make up 夷

How 夷 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 夷 as a ideographic compound involving 矢, 弓.

Korean example words with 夷

• 등이等夷 Korean gloss: 나이나 신분이 서로 같거나 비슷한 사람
• 양이洋夷 Korean gloss: 서양 오랑캐라는 뜻으로, 서양 사람을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 소이하다燒夷 Korean gloss: 불에 태워 없애 버리다
• 양이책攘夷策 Korean gloss: 예전에, 서양 사람들을 배척하던 계책
• 신이화辛夷花 Korean gloss: 목련과의 낙엽 활엽 교목. 높이는 10미터 정도이며, 잎은 거꾸로 된 달걀 모양이고 넓다. 가지는 굵으며 털이 없고 많이 갈라
• 이국夷國 Korean gloss: 오랑캐 나라.
• 이멸夷滅 Korean gloss: 멸하여 없앰.
• 추이醜夷 Korean gloss: 추한 오랑캐.
• 변이邊夷 Korean gloss: 변경의 오랑캐.
• 이속夷俗 Korean gloss: 오랑캐의 풍속.
• 도이島夷 Korean gloss: 섬나라의 오랑캐.
• 정이征夷 Korean gloss: 오랑캐를 정벌함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 夷

• 蝦夷えみし Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
• 夷えびす peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• 攘夷じょうい expulsion of foreigners
• 夷国いこく land of the barbarians
• 夷人いじん barbarian; savage; foreigner
• 夷俗いぞく barbaric custom; barbarian custom
• 夷狄いてき barbarians; aliens
• 蛮夷ばんい savages; barbarians
• 荒夷あらえびす crude warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; wild man
• 東夷あずまえびす warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
• 辛夷コブシ kobus magnolia (Magnolia kobus)
• 征夷せいい defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi); conquering barbarians

Characters sharing the phonetic 夷

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “이” in Korean.

Other hanja read “이”

Other hanja with radical 大