易 — Chinese character
易
yì
to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
- Pinyin
- yì
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 日 勿
- Japanese
- 易 as a kanji
Common words with 易
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 贸易 (貿易) | mào yì | (commercial) trade; 个 (gè) |
| 轻易 (輕易) | qīng yì | easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly |
| 不易 | bù yì | not easy to do sth; difficult |
| 交易所 | jiāo yì suǒ | exchange; stock exchange |
| 简易 (簡易) | jiǎn yì | simple and easy; simplistic |
| 易于 (易於) | yì yú | very likely; prone to |
| 显而易见 (顯而易見) | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly |
| 好不容易 | hǎo bù róng yì | with great difficulty; very difficult |
| 国际贸易 (國際貿易) | guó jì mào yì | international trade |
| 对外贸易 (對外貿易) | duì wài mào yì | foreign trade |
English words written with 易
- deal
- easy
- likely
- passing
- straightforward
- simplicity
- volatile
- vulnerability
- susceptible
- soluble
- simplistic
- barter
易 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 11 · Analects 12 · Art of War 7 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 34 · Zhuangzi 52 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 63
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 64
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 70
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 3.4
- Analects 7.16
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