彝

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See also: 彛 and 彞
彝 U+5F5D, 彝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F5D
← 彜
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彞 →

Translingual

Han character

彝 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女一火火廿 (VMFFT), four-corner 27449, composition ⿳彑⿰米糸廾)

  1. Yi people (an ethnic group of China)
  2. tripod, wine vessel
  3. rule

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9950
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 962, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5F5D

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 彝 – see 彞 (“ritual vessel in ancestral halls; wine vessel; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 彞).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

彝

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: い (i)
  • Kan-on: い (i)
  • Kun: つね (tsune, 彝)
  • Nanori: つね (tsune)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
彝
い
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 彝.

Pronunciation

Noun

彝(い) • (i) 

  1. in ancient China, a tripod kettle or other vessel used to make offerings to one's ancestors
  2. (by extension) cardinal principle

Proper noun

彝(い) • (I) 

  1. Yi (ethnic group)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

彝 (eum 이 (i))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彝: Hán Nôm readings: di

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References

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