Keyword
non-Han people
- ancient barbarian tribes
- Frequency
- #2381
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
yí
Mnemonic
A man 大 armed with a bow 弓
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
夏威夷
Hawaii, US state
夷
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
匪夷所思
unimaginable; outrageous; freakish
夷为平地
to level; to raze to the ground
武夷山
Mt Wuyi in Fujian; Wuyishan National Nature Reserve
东夷
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
鄙夷
to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for
夷平
to level; to raze to the ground
武夷山市
Wuyishan, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市 (NánpíngShì), Fujian
化险为夷
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
蛮夷
common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian
夷陵区
Yiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市 (YíchāngShì), Hubei
烧夷弹
incendiary bomb
以夷制夷
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties); Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
夏威夷岛
Hawaiʻi, largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago
夷洲
name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan
夷门
the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
夷狄
non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China; barbarians
夷灭
to massacre; to die out
攘夷
to repel the barbarians
陵夷
to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 凌夷