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Readings

Kana: イ、えびす、えみし、ころ.す、たい.らげる
Romaji: i, ebisu, emishi, koro.su, tai.rageru
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Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: shi
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Romaji

Meanings

barbarian, savage, Ainu

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  2324
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  4-6-4
Korean Reading:  i
Chinese Reading:  yi2
Unicode:  5937
JIS:  3050

Indexes

Nelson Index: 182
New Nelson Index: 1143
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.24
Four Corner Index: 5003.2
Japanese Names Index: 535
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5852
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0559
Remembering the kanji Index: 2881
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2962
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2893
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4349

Words

恵比寿 (えびす、ゑびす、えべす、ひるこ)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
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barbarian
攘夷 (じょうい)
expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
焼夷弾 (しょういだん)
fire bomb; incendiary bomb
蝦夷雷鳥 (えぞらいちょう、エゾライチョウ)
hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
(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); foreigner; barbarian
蝦夷 (えぞ、えみし)
historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
征夷大将軍 (せいいたいしょうぐん)
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
東夷 (あずまえびす、とうい)
(in Japanese history) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)
辛夷 (こぶし)
kobus magnolia; Magnolia praecocissima; Magnolia kobus
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