夷 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 夷 mean?

Uncivilized alien race

How to read 夷?

Kunyomi... えびす/ebisu,えみし/emishi,たいらか/tairaka,たいらげる/tairageru,ころす/korosu

Onyomi... イ/i

jinmeikun... hina, hira,

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

Other kanji information..

application	Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem.
type	kanji officially for use in names
unicode	5937 &#x5937 (For HTML use)