易
易 — Easy
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
On’yomiエキ (eki)
On’yomiイ (i)
Kun’yomiやさしい (yasashii)
Kun’yomiやすい (yasui)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 易
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貿易 | ぼうえき boueki | (foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting |
| 容易 | ようい youi | easy; simple; plain |
| 安易 | あんい ani | easy; simple; easygoing |
| 簡易 | かんい kani | simple; simplified; easy |
| 交易 | こうえき koueki | trade; commerce |
| 易い | やすい yasui | easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ... |
Study notes
易 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #571 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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