The kanji 易: meaning, readings and stroke order

易

Meaning: easy, trade
On reading: エキ eki、イ i
Kun reading: やさ（しい） yasashii
Strokes: 8
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dễ, trao đổi (dịch)
Japanese: やさしい。とりかえる。
Korean: 쉽다, 바꾸다 (역·이)
Chinese: 容易、交换

Readings, words and example sentences

エキ eki · on reading

貿ぼう易えき
trade with other countries
外国と 貿ぼう易えきをします。
We trade with other countries.

イ i · on reading · less common

容よう易い
easy, simple
答えは 容よう易いに見つかります。
The answer is easy to find.

やさ（しい） yasashii · kun reading

易やさしい
easy
この問題は 易やさしいです。
This question is easy.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.