The kanji 伊 primarily conveys the meaning of "that; he/she; Italy". It often refers to a particular person or place, or can indicate a pronoun like "he" or "she." It can also be used as a name.

・On-yomi (音読み): イ (i) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None, or rarely used in the Kun-yomi form.

⚫︎イタリア (Itaria) Translation: Italy ⚫︎伊勢 (Ise) Translation: Ise (a place name) ⚫︎伊達 (Date) Translation: Date (a Japanese surname)

The kanji 伊 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. The left side is the 人 (nin, person) radical, suggesting a person. The right side is a phonetic component, representing the sound. Therefore, the character was formed by combining a semantic component (relating to a person) with a phonetic component (indicating the pronunciation). This kanji originally referred to a specific place name in China.