Yi or YI may refer to:

Philosophic principle

Yi (philosophy) In Chinese philosophy, () refers to righteousness, justice, morality, and meaning. Confucianism In Confucianism, involves a moral disposition to do good, and also the intuition and sensibility to do so competently. represents moral acumen ...

(义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues

Ethnic groups

* Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ''Yí''), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient China *

Yi people The Yi or Nuosu people (Nuosu language, Nuosu: , ; see also #Names and subgroups, § Names and subgroups) are an ethnic group in South China, southern China. Numbering nine million people, they are the seventh largest of the 55 Ethnic minorit ...

(Chinese: , ''Yí''; Vietnamese: ''Lô Lô''), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand

Language

* Yi (Cyrillic), the letter of the Ukrainian alphabet written "Ї" and "ї" *

Yi language The Loloish languages, also known as Yi (like the Yi people) and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of 50–100 Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of Southwestern China. They are most closely related to Bur ...

or the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people of China *

Yi script The Yi scripts (; ) are two scripts used to write the Yi languages; Classical Yi (an ideogram script), and the later Yi syllabary. The script is historically known in Chinese as ''Cuan Wen'' () or ''Wei Shu'' () and various other names (), amon ...

, either of two scripts used to write the Yi languages *

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

(ISO 639-1 language code: yi), the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews * Yi, an obsolete Japanese kana

Mythology and religion

* Yi the Archer or Houyi, a heroic archer and hunter in Chinese mythology * Yi (husbandman), also known as Boyi or Bo Yi, a heroic user of fire and government minister in Chinese mythology

People

Surname

* Yi (surname 易) * Yi (surname 伊) * Yi (Korean surname), including ** House of Yi, household of Joseon and the Korean Empire ** Yi Sun-sin (1545–1598), Korean admiral

Given name

* Lu Yi (disambiguation), several persons *

Wu Yi (politician) Wu Yi (born November 1938) is a retired Chinese politician who served as a Vice Premier of China between 2003 and 2008. She was one of the country's most visible leaders during the first decade of the 21st century, best known for taking on the ro ...

(born 1938), Vice Premier of China

Places

* Yi County (disambiguation), two counties in China * Yí River, a river in Uruguay * Yi River (Henan), a river in China *

Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

(FIPS country code: YI), a country in Southeast Europe

Other uses

* ''Yi'' (dinosaur) * Yi (drinkware) (), former name for the ''zun'', a traditional bronze drinkware of ancient China * Yi (prefix symbol), the prefix symbol of the binary unit prefix ''yobi'', representing 2⁸⁰, the equivalent of the decimal prefix ''yotta-'' (Y) * ''Yi'' ( zh, t=億 , s=亿, link=no), an East Asian counting unit meaning 100,000,000 *

Yi (vessel) A ''yi'' is a shape used in ancient Chinese ritual bronzes. It has the shape of half a gourd with a handle (often in the shape of a dragon) and usually supported by four legs. It is believed it was used to contain water for washing hands before ri ...

(), a different kind of bronze vessel used in traditional rituals in ancient China *

YI Technology YI Technology, also known as Xiaoyi () in Mainland China markets, is a company that manufactures cameras and computer vision technologies. Some of the company's popular camera models include the YI 1080p Home Camera, and the YI Outdoor Security C ...

, a Chinese company that manufactures cameras and computer vision technologies * ''

I Ching The ''I Ching'' or ''Yijing'' ( ), usually translated ''Book of Changes'' or ''Classic of Changes'', is an ancient Chinese divination text that is among the oldest of the Chinese classics. The ''I Ching'' was originally a divination manual in ...

'', or ''Yijing'', ancient Chinese text * "Yi" and "iMi", songs by American indie folk band Bon Iver