彝

See also: 彛 and 彞

彝 U+5F5D, 彝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F5D ← 彜 [U+5F5C] CJK Unified Ideographs 彞 → [U+5F5E]

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

• 𬯧

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

彝

(uncommon “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 Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 彝.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​ [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [i]

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)

Korean

Hanja

彝 (eum 이 (i))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彝: Hán Nôm readings: di

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References

• Nom Foundation