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Kanji Detail for 伊 - "Italy, that one"

伊

  • Meaning

    伊 means "Italy, that one."

    1. Italy - Abbreviation for the country name.

    2. He, She - Third person pronoun.

    3. This - Demonstrative pronoun.

    4. Only - A particle for adjusting tone.

  • Words using 伊

    • 伊達 だて Listen elegance; dandyism; sophistication

  • Origin of 伊

    The person radical 亻 beside 尹, a hand holding a staff of office, which lends the reading i. Classical Chinese used it as a pronoun and a line-opening particle; Japan keeps it almost entirely for sound — 伊豆, 伊勢, and 伊太利 for Italy.

    How to remember it: A person 亻 with a staff 尹 — a character Japan kept mostly for its sound: i.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 伊

    • Verified meaning: Italy, that one
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あまん, あもう, あもと, い)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 伊

    Given names 伊(おさむ)Listen 伊(ただし)Listen

    Surnames 伊(あまん)Listen 伊(あもう)Listen 伊(あもと)Listen 伊(い)Listen 伊(いは)Listen 伊(これ)Listen 伊(よし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Italy; that one

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    third person pronoun; he, she, this, that

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yi; abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4], Iraq; abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3], Iran

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    he she; this, that; used in transliterations

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    That; he/she. 伊人 means "that person."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kare(かれ) かれ

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    he this only she Italy that one pronoun abbreviation name prefix

Sentences including 伊

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