easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling
Also: divination
On'yomi (音読み)
- エキ
- イ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- やさ.しい
- やす.い
About this kanji
The kanji 「易」 primarily means "easy" or "simple," and it can also refer to fortune-telling. It is often used as a noun or in compound words. For instance, "安易" (あんい) means "easy" or "carefree," while "貿易" (ぼうえき) refers to "trade," particularly international trade. Another common compound is "容易" (ようい), which also means "easy to do." When used in adjectives like "易い" (やすい), it expresses the idea of something being easy or inexpensive. A quick note: while this kanji has many meanings, in everyday conversation, it usually relates to simplicity or ease.
Example sentences
この問題は易しかった。
This problem was easy.
Meanings across languages
- English
- easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
- Tiếng Việt
- dễ
- 日本語
- 易しい
- 한국어
- 쉬운
- 中文
- 易
- id
- mudah
- th
- ง่าย
- es
- fácil
- fr
- facile
- de
- einfach
- pt
- fácil
Common compounds
- 安易あんいeasy, simple, easygoing
- 貿易ぼうえき(foreign) trade, (international) commerce, importing and exporting
- 容易よういeasy, simple, plain
- 易いやすいeasy, likely to ..., have a tendency to ...
- 簡易かんいsimple, simplified, easy
- 交易こうえきtrade, commerce
- 難易なんい(relative) difficulty
- 易しいやさしいeasy, plain, simple
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