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易

易 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

象形。盤を傾けて水を注ぐさまを象る。「たまう」を意味する漢語｛賜｝を表す字。のち仮借して「換える」「変わる」を意味する漢語｛易｝や、「やすい」「やさしい」を意味する漢語｛易｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エキElem.
  • イElem.
Kun (native)
  • やさ(しい)Elem.
  • やす(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글yeog
  • 한글i
  • Hán-ViệtDịch
  • Hán-ViệtDị

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6613

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱日勿

Words using this kanji

  • 易しいやさしいやさしい 参照easy, plain, simple
  • 易いやすいやすい 参照easy, likely to ..., have a tendency to ..., easy to ...
  • 易えき(イ) 容易いこと。 (エキ) 古代中国で考え出された、占法の一つ。 (エキ) 易経。type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks, The Book of Changes, Yijing, I Ching
  • 易い(イ) 容易いこと。 (エキ) 古代中国で考え出された、占法の一つ。 (エキ) 易経。easiness
  • 易学えきがく易について研究する学問。study of divination
  • 易経えききょうI Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism), The Book of Changes, Yijing
  • 易者えきしゃ易による占いを業とするもの。fortuneteller, diviner
  • 易々やすやすeasily, readily, with ease, without trouble
  • 易断えきだん易で占い、人の運勢や吉凶を判断すること。divination, fortunetelling
  • 易簀えきさくthe death of a scholar
  • 易々いいeasy, simple, plain
  • 易きやすきeasiness, simpleness
  • 易化いか易しくすること。簡易化すること。 易しくなること。簡単になること。simplification, facilitation, becoming easy
  • 易動度いどうどmobility
  • 易損品いそんひんfragile article
  • 易行道いぎょうどうthe easy way
  • 易疲労いひろうgetting tired easily
  • 易感染いかんせんsusceptibility to infection, lack of resistance to infection
  • 易怒性いどせいirritability
  • 易占いえきうらないI Ching divination

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Lookup codes

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