易
easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #438 U+6613
How 易 is formed
How to remember it
easy · Heisig RSH #880
sun + knot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 易 as their sound component
These characters all use 易 (yì) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 易 sound component | yì | to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy |
| 锡 | xī | tin; to bestow, to confer |
| 赐 | cì | to give; to bestow a favor; to appoint |
| 踢 | tī | to kick |
| 剔 | tī | to pick out; to scrape off; picky |
| 惕 | tì | cautious, careful, alert |
| 蜴 | yì | lizard |
| 埸 | yì | border, limit, frontier; dike |
Words containing 易
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来之不易 | lái zhī bù yì | (idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained |
| 易门县 | Yì mén Xiàn | Yimen, a county in Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 公平交易 | gōng píng jiāo yì | fair dealing |
| 得来不易 | dé lái bù yì | hard to come by; not easily obtained; hard-won |
| 交易市场 | jiāo yì shì chǎng | exchange; trading floor |
| 路易斯 | Lù yì sī | (name) Louis; Lewis; Luis |
| 易用性 | yì yòng xìng | ease of use; usability |
| 以物易物 | yǐ wù yì wù | to barter; barter |
| 性交易 | xìng jiāo yì | prostitution; commercial sex; the sex trade |
| 不易之论 | bù yì zhī lùn | perfectly sound proposition; unalterable truth; irrefutable argument |
| 交易会 | jiāo yì huì | trade fair |
| 易言之 | yì yán zhī | in other words |
| 不易 | bù yì | not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging |
| 交易日 | jiāo yì rì | (finance) trading day |
| 内线交易 | nèi xiàn jiāo yì | insider trading |
| 易县 | Yì Xiàn | Yi County or Yixian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 易学 | Yì xué | study of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] |
| 易学 | yì xué | easy to learn |
| 军火交易 | jūn huǒ jiāo yì | arms deal |
| 米易县 | Mǐ yì Xiàn | Miyi, a county in Panzhihua City 攀枝花市[Pan1 zhi1 hua1 Shi4], Sichuan |