夷
yí HSK7

ancient barbarian tribes

夷 yí
foreigners verb
(bound form) derogatory term for outsiders or foreigners, often used in modern history before the 20th century
ancient ethnic group
(bound form) ancient Chinese term for non-Han ethnic groups, particularly those to the East (the Dongyi)
to raze
(bound form) to level to the ground; to flatten or raze; to clear away weeds
to exterminate
(bound form) to wipe out; to eliminate; to execute a whole family
level
(bound form) flat; smooth; safe; calm and contented
ordinary
(bound form) common; ordinary; usual
injury
(bound form) a wound or injury; same as 痍 yí
surname
a Chinese surname
peers
(literary) people of the same generation or rank
constant rule
(literary) a constant rule or moral law; same as 彝 yí
joyful
(literary) happy; pleased; same as 怡 yí

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,337th most common 24.0 per million
Movie subtitles
2,141st most common 15.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.830 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.03 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5937

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)