狄

Etymology

 * "northern foreigners"
 * zh. proposes that / was a "pseudo-ethnonym" and meant "feathered";  mentioned that the Dí's clothings were made of birds' feathers and mammals' hairs. If so, see  for more etymology.


 * "low servant"
 * Either based on the northern foreigners' endo-ethnonym, or more likely . Compare  *ɗiik,  *ɗɨc, as well as 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) the Di people;  era term for tribes from northern China
 * 2)  low servant

Kanji

 * 1) barbarian

Etymology
From.