Yi

Look up yi, Yi, YI, or Y.I. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Yi or YI may refer to:

Ethnic groups

Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: 夷, Yí), ancient peoples who lived to the east of the original Zhongguo during the prehistory of ancient China
Yi people (Chinese: 彝, Yí; Vietnamese: Lô Lô), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand

Yi the Archer, or Houyi, a heroic archer and hunter in Chinese mythology
Yi (Confucianism), the Confucian virtue roughly equivalent to "righteousness" or "justice"
Yi (husbandman), also known as Boyi or Bo Yi, a heroic user of fire and government minister in Chinese mythology and ancient history

Yi (Chinese surname), romanization of several Chinese surnames, for example:
- Yi Jianlian, a Chinese basketball player
- Yi Yuanji, a 10th-century Chinese painter
- Yi Siling, a Chinese shooter, the first athlete to achieve a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Yi (Korean surname), including
- Yi dynasty, household of Joseon and the Korean Empire
- Yi Sun-sin, a Korean admiral

Yi (dinosaur), a genus of Middle Jurassic scansoriopterygid theropod dinosaur
Yi (drinkware) (Chinese: 彝), former name for zun, a traditional bronze drinkware of ancient China
Yi (editor), a text editor written in Haskell
Yi (prefix symbol), the prefix symbol of the binary unit prefix yobi, representing 2⁸⁰, the equivalent of the decimal prefix "yotta-" (Y)
Yi (vessel) (匜), a different kind of bronze vessel used in traditional rituals in ancient China

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