Word Meaning 蝦夷

えみし emishi

蝦夷 is read as えみし (emishi) and means Yezo.

Meaning

English

Yezo
Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
Emishi
Ezo
non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan

Reading

Kana

えみし

Romaji

emishi

Writing Variants

蝦夷えぞ ezo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蝦夷菫

えぞすみれ

Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)

蝦夷五加

えぞうこぎ

Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)

蝦夷地

えぞち

Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

蝦夷貝

えぞばい

Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

蝦夷山桜

えぞやまざくら

sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)

蝦夷小桜

えぞこざくら

wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia)

蝦夷松

えぞまつ

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)

蝦夷茜

えぞあかね

yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)

蝦夷透百合

えぞすかしゆり

Siberian lily (Lilium pensylvanicum)

蝦夷狼

えぞおおかみ

Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

蝦夷菊

えぞぎく

China aster (Callistephus chinensis)

蝦夷鹿

えぞしか

Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis)