易
易·easy, trade
- On-yomi
- エキイ
- Kun-yomi
- やさしい
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 易しい | やさしい | easy, simple |
| 貿易 | ぼうえき | trade (between countries) |
| 容易 | ようい | easy, straightforward |
| 安易 | あんい | easygoing, taking the easy way |
Example sentences
この本は易しい日本語で書かれています。
このほんはやさしいにほんごでかかれています。
This book is written in easy Japanese.
日本は多くの国と貿易をしています。
にほんはおおくのくにとぼうえきをしています。
Japan trades with many countries.
その問題は容易に解決できません。
そのもんだいはよういにかいけつできません。
That problem cannot be solved easily.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- 易しい (easy) and 優しい (kind) are both やさしい — same sound, different kanji and meaning
- Reading 貿易 as ぼうえい — that is 防衛 (defence)
Memory aid
Picture it
The sun 日 on top with rays slanting down below — when the sun is out, the job is easy.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 容易よういeasy, simple, plain
- 易しいやさしいeasy
- 貿易ぼうえきtrade (international)
- 安易あんいeasy, facile; taking the easy way out, thoughtless
- 簡易かんいsimple; simplified; easy; makeshift
- 辟易へきえきto be fed up with; to be put off; to shrink back from
- 容易いたやすいeasy; simple; effortless
- 易いやすいeasy; simple; easy to do
- 交易こうえきtrade; barter; commerce (between peoples or regions)
Quick check
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