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易 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
エキ・イえき・い · eki · i
Kun
やさ(しい)yasa(shii)
Meaning
easy; to change; divination

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A lizard that changes its colour; changing readily — hence "to change" and also "easy."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエキえきeki易者えきしゃ貿易ぼうえき不易ふえき
Onイいi容易ようい安易あんい難易なんい
Kunやさしいyasashii易しいやさしい易しさやさしさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 簡易かんい

    simple; simplified

  • 貿易ぼうえき

    trade

More words with this kanji

  • 貿易港ぼうえきこう
  • 辟易へきえき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この問題(もんだい)は易(やさ)しかった。

This question was easy.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

簡易貿易易簡simple貿trade旧old暴violen…日sun旦dawn旬ten-da…囲to sur…益benefi…移to mov…液liquid已to cea…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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