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

夷

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