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易

easy
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingエキ、イ
Kun readingやさ.しい、やす.い
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. easyRtK
  2. ready to
  3. simple
  4. fortune-telling
  5. divination
  1. likely to ...
  2. have a tendency to ...
  3. easy to ...

Popular Usage

易しい貿易安易簡易

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · knot · piglet’s tail

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1130

Compound words

易しいやさしい
easy; plain; simple
貿易ぼうえき
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
安易あんい
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
簡易かんい
simple; simplified; easy; plain
易いやすい
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
交易こうえき
trade; commerce
難易なんい
(relative) difficulty
容易ようい
easy; simple; plain
容易いたやすい
easy; simple; light
簡易保険かんいほけん
postal life insurance
易学えきがく
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)
易者えきしゃ
fortuneteller
易簀えきさく
the death of a scholar
辟易へきえき
to be fed up (with)
し易いしやすい
easy to do
易動度いどうど
mobility
簡易化かんいか
simplification
超簡易ちょうかんい
ultra-simple
貿易港ぼうえきこう
trade port
易感染性いかんせんせい
compromised
加工貿易かこうぼうえき
processing trade
滑り易いすべりやすい
greasy
勘合貿易かんごうぼうえき
licensed trade between Japan and Ming dynasty China during the Muromachi period

Kun Reading Examples

彼は私の質問に易々と答えた。やすやす
He answered my question easily.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女を安易な餌で誘き寄せた。
He lured her with trinkets.tatoeba
彼は人付き合いに辟易している。
He's fed up with socializing.tatoeba
彼は私の質問に易々と答えた。
He answered my question easily.tatoeba
彼は外国貿易に従事している。
He is engaged in foreign trade.tatoeba
文章は比較的易しい。
The text was relatively easy to read.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

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