Word Meaning 蛮夷

ばんい bani

蛮夷 is read as ばんい (bani) and means savages.

Meaning

English

  1. savages
  2. barbarians

Reading

Kana

ばんい

Romaji

bani

Writing Variants

  • 蕃夷 ばんい bani

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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夷蛮戎狄

いばんじゅうてき

the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

蛮行

ばんこう

act of barbarity

蛮勇

ばんゆう

foolhardiness

蝦夷

えみし

Yezo

えびす

peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)

攘夷

じょうい

expulsion of foreigners

野蛮

やばん

savage

南蛮

なんばん

South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)

未開野蛮

みかいやばん

primitive and barbarous

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

野蛮人

やばんじん

barbarian

野蛮国

やばんこく

uncivilized country