易

音読おんよみ: エキ・イ

訓読くんよみ: やさしい

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: ひ(日)

Meaning

Easy / Simple / Change / Divination

  • やさしい — easy; simple
  • 貿易ぼうえき — trade
  • 安易あんい — easygoing; simplistic
  • 容易ようい — simple; easy
  • 簡易かんい — simple; simplified
  • 難易度なんいど — degree of difficulty
  • 交易こうえき — commerce; trade
  • 易者えきしゃ — fortune teller

Traditionally linked to the idea of “change,” 易 later expanded to mean “easy / simple.” It also appears in contexts of divination (e.g., the classic 易経), while in modern usage it’s common in everyday words like 易しい and compounds such as 貿易.

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