Today during lunch time I came across an interesting kanji 蛮. In "kitchen zero" restaurant there is menu called チキン南蛮 (Chicken Nanban). When translated I got the meaning as "Southern barbarian chicken".
What exactly does the kanji 蛮 means? Barbarian? monster? foreigner? Did I eat a barbarian chicken??? Are there any interesting stories behind this kanji?
北狄(hoku teki):kita no kemono ni nita hito
南蛮(nan ban): minami no hebi ya musi wo tabete iru youna hito
東夷(tou i ):higasi no tatakai wo konomu hito
西戎(sei juu):nisi no hituji wo oikakete iru hito