夷 (ji4 | yi2) : smooth; raze; exterminate

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夷

ji4

yi2

[1] smooth; safe; even [2] raze; lay flat; level to the ground [3] exterminate; eliminate; wipe out [4]ancient tribes in east China [5] [archaic] foreign countries; foreigners

Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

夷

This word has been viewed 4255 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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夏威夷堅果 haa6 wai1 ji4 gin1 gwo2 xia4 wei1 yi2 jian1 guo3 = Macadamia nut; also called 澳洲堅果

夏威夷 haa6 wai1 ji4 xia4 wei1 yi2 = Hawaii

夷猶 ji4 jau4 yi2 you2 = to hesitate

夷然 ji4 jin4 yi2 ran2 = calm

夷戮 ji4 luk6 yi2 lu4 = to massacre

夷滅 ji4 mit6 yi2 mie4 = to massacre; to die out

鄙夷 pei2 ji4 bi3 yi2 = despise; disdain

夷洲 ji4 zau1 yi2 zhou1 = land of barbarians; name of Taiwan in the third century AD

夷陵 ji4 ling4 yi2 ling2 = Yiling (barbarian mound), burial place of the former Chu kings

以夷制夷 ji5 ji4 zai3 ji4 yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2 = use the barbarians to control the barbarians
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Unicode code for this character: U+5937 (off-site link)

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