Upside-down version of 益, depicting food or drink being poured from a container (皿). Based on the original meaning "to bestow, give", now written as 賜. The meaning later shifted to "exchange", "change", and "easy".
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Historical Evolution
易
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
易
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
易 [Yì]
surname Yi; abbr. for 易經|易经[Yìjīng], the Book of Changes
易 [yì]
easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
易 い
I surname
易 えき
Eki surname
易 おさむ
Osamu given name
易 やすし
Yasushi given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
容易 [róngyì] #627
easy
交易 [jiāoyì] #1,051
(business) transaction
贸易 [màoyì] #6,848
(commercial) trade
贸易 [màoyì] #6,848
(commercial) trade
轻易 [qīngyì] #3,714
easily
轻易 [qīngyì] #3,714
easily
好不容易 [hǎobùróngyì] #7,573
with great difficulty
交易所 [jiāoyìsuǒ] #19,266
exchange
路易斯 [Lùyìsī] #5,706
Louis or Lewis (name)
显而易见 [xiǎn'éryìjiàn] #6,685
clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 容易 [ようい] #2,721
easy
分かりやすい [わかりやすい] #6,987
easy-to-understand
気安い [きやすい] #7,257
relaxed
⭐ 安易 [あんい] #7,556
easy
⭐ 容易い [たやすい] #8,414
easy
難易度 [なんいど] #8,841
degree of difficulty
⭐ 簡易 [かんい] #10,327
simple
⭐ 易い [やすい] #12,025
easy
⭐ 交易 [こうえき] #12,468
trade
⭐ 貿易 [ぼうえき] #13,743
(foreign) trade
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