易

easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

イエキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

やさ.しいやす.い

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:571

Vocabulary

イ

Word	Reading	Meaning
安易	アンイ	easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic; irresponsible; careless; quick (to do)
簡易	カンイ	simple; simplified; easy; plain
難易	ナンイ	(relative) difficulty
容易	ヨウイ	easy; simple; plain
簡易保険	カンイホケン	postal life insurance

エキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
交易	コウエキ	trade; commerce
貿易	ボウエキ	(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
保護貿易	ホゴボウエキ	protective trade
易学	エキガク	study of divination
易経	エキキョウ	I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
易い	やすい	easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
易しい	やさしい	easy; plain; simple
容易い	たやすい	easy; simple; light
気易い	きやすい	relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
生易しい	なまやさしい	simple; easy

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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put up (a notice), put up, hoist, display, hang out, publish, describe

thirst, dry up, parch