イ, えびす, えみし, ころ.す, たい.らげる, し

barbarian, savage, Ainu

JLPT0 G13 S0 F2324

The relevant oracle bone form of this character depicts person (→ small person) proximate to # stand outstretched (→ large person), the latter actually and figuratively looking downward upon the former → a tribe in east China the stature of which was smaller than that of the Han Chinese. *Barbarian* and *subjugate* are associated meanings, while *Ainu* and *Ebisu* (one of the seven gods of good fortune) are borrowed meanings. Other pejorative names for countries and their residents that involve shortness include 魏 and .

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