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Kanji Detail for 夷 - "flat, peaceful, Ebisu"
夷
- Meaning
夷 means "flat, peaceful, Ebisu."
Barbarian - Eastern foreigners; outsiders.
Foreigner - A derogatory term for foreign peoples.
Flat - Level; even; calm.
To pacify - To subdue; to conquer.
To destroy - To kill; to annihilate.
To sit cross-legged - To sit with legs extended.
Injury - To wound.
Ebisu - One of the Seven Lucky Gods.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
barbarian; savage; Ainu
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ancient barbarian tribes
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ancient barbarian tribes
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Anciently used to name foreigners in the east of China. Those in the south were called 蠻; those in the west were called 戎; those in the north were called 狄. Later, 夷狄 was used as an opposite term to China, and abbreviated as 夷. Hence 蠻, 戎, and 狄 were also called 夷. Moreover, any enemy nation, not just barbarians, was also called 夷. | Level; fair. (Mencius) "Examining his conduct fairly." Meaning judging someone's behavior impartially. | To injure. The Book of Changes has the Mingyi hexagram, meaning being injured by petty people. | To exterminate. Anciently, serious criminals had their nine clans exterminated, meaning all relatives were killed.
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