易

See also: 昜

易 U+6613, 易 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6613 ← 昒 [U+6612] CJK Unified Ideographs 昔 → [U+6614]

易 U+F9E0, 易 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9E0 ← 履 [U+F9DF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 李 → [U+F9E1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

易 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹竹 (APHH), four-corner 6022₇, composition ⿱日勿)

Derived characters

• 㑥, 埸, 㛫, 惕, 掦, 晹, 焬, 㻛, 睗, 裼, 緆(𰬣), 舓, 蜴, 𧩎, 賜(赐), 踢, 錫(锡), 䯜, 鯣, 𪎥
• 逷, 䞶, 剔, 𢒗, 敡, 鶍, 䓪, 鬄, 痬, 𪎧, 惖

References

• KangXi: page 492, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13814
• Dae Jaweon: page 854, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1494, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6613

• Unihan data for U+F9E0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 易
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (易) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賜	*sleːɡs
儩	*sleɡs
舓	*ɦljeʔ
易	*leːɡs, *leɡ
敡	*leɡs
鬄	*sljeɡ
睗	*hljeɡ
晹	*hljeɡ
痬	*leɡ
蜴	*leɡ
埸	*leɡ
逷	*l̥ʰeːɡ
剔	*l̥ʰeːɡ
踢	*tʰeːɡ
惕	*l̥ʰeːɡ
錫	*sleːɡ
裼	*sleːɡ
緆	*sleːɡ

Oracle bone and bronze inscriptions: original form of 賜 (OC *sleːɡs, “to confer, to bestow”); possibly as specialised from 益 (OC *qleɡ, “to increase, to add”). This form symbolises a filled container.

Shuowen: pictogram (象形), original form of 蜴 (OC *leɡ, “lizard”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		易
2nd round simp.		𠃓

From 移 (OC *lal, “to change; to alter”) + k-extension (Schuessler, 2007).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): ĭk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k / ia̍k / ia̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êg⁸ / iah⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁵hhiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yet⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʔ¹²¹/

Note:

• e̍k/ia̍k - literary;
• ia̍h - colloquial (only as a surname or when referring to 易經).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: êg⁸ / iah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: e̍k / ia̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ek̚⁴/, /iaʔ⁴/

Note:

• êg8 - literary;
• iah8 - colloquial (only as a surname or when referring to 易經).

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ⁵hhiq
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	易
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊益切
Baxter	yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajk̚/
Li Rong	/iɛk̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*leɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	易
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yek ›
Old Chinese	/*lek/
English	change; exchange
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	易
Reading #	2/2
No.	15034
Phonetic component	易
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	繹
Old Chinese	/*leɡ/
Notes	甲文象斟酒，表易器而賜

Definitions

易

1. ^† Original form of 賜／赐 (cì, “to give; to bestow”).
2. to exchange; to interchange
3. to change; to alter; to modify
4. Short for 易經／易经 (Yìjīng, “I Ching”).
5. a surname

Compounds

Derived terms from 易

• 一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)
• 一成不易
• 不易 (bùyì)
• 不易一字
• 交易 (jiāoyì)
• 以暴易暴
• 以物易物 (yǐwùyìwù)
• 冠履倒易
• 博易
• 卜易
• 周易 (Zhōuyì)
• 回易
• 改名易姓
• 改易
• 易主 (yìzhǔ)
• 易人 (yìrén)
• 易位 (yìwèi)
• 易例
• 易俗
• 易卦 (yìguà)
• 易名
• 易地
• 易地
• 易姓
• 易子析骸
• 易子而食 (yìzǐ'érshí)
• 易子而飧
• 易字
• 易容

• 易林
• 易水
• 易水寒
• 易水歌
• 易牙 (Yì Yá)
• 易牙之味
• 易牙蒸子
• 易玄光
• 易科
• 更易
• 析骸易子
• 流易
• 炊骨易子
• 百世不易
• 相易
• 移天易日
• 移易 (yíyì)
• 路易 (Lùyì)
• 通功易事
• 革易
• 易于
• 不易之論／不易之论 (bùyìzhīlùn)
• 以暴易亂／以暴易乱
• 味勝易牙／味胜易牙
• 拔幟易幟／拔帜易帜
• 撫梁易柱／抚梁易柱
• 改弦易張／改弦易张
• 改弦易調／改弦易调
• 改弦易轍／改弦易辙 (gǎixiányìzhé)

• 改張易調／改张易调
• 改轅易轍／改辕易辙
• 易俗移風／易俗移风
• 易傳／易传
• 易則／易则
• 易圖明辨／易图明辨
• 易地而處／易地而处 (yìdì'érchù)
• 易學／易学 (yìxué)
• 易幟／易帜
• 易漢學／易汉学
• 易科罰金／易科罚金
• 易筋經／易筋经
• 易簀／易箦
• 易經／易经 (Yìjīng, “I Ching”)
• 易縣／易县 (Yìxiàn)
• 易轍／易辙
• 易通釋／易通释
• 時移世易／时移世易 (shíyíshìyì)
• 時移俗易／时移俗易
• 更弦易轍／更弦易辙
• 移風易俗／移风易俗 (yífēngyìsú)
• 聖路易／圣路易
• 變名易姓／变名易姓
• 變故易常／变故易常
• 變易／变易 (biànyì)
• 變色易容／变色易容
• 變風易俗／变风易俗
• 貿易／贸易 (màoyì)
• 風移俗易／风移俗易

Descendants

• → Thai: แลก (lɛ̂ɛk)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		易

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa(ː)j (“easy”). Cognate with Burmese လွယ် (lwai, “easy”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ji⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yi⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi
• Min Dong (BUC): ê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): ³hhi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ji³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
    • Tâi-lô: ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ³hhi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇH/

Rime
Character	易
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以豉切
Baxter	yeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/jɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ieH/
Wang Li	/jǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*leːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	易
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yeH ›
Old Chinese	/*lek-s/
English	easy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	易
Reading #	1/2
No.	15029
Phonetic component	易
Rime group	賜
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	易
Old Chinese	/*leːɡs/

Definitions

易

1. easy; simple; not difficult

   Antonym: 難／难 (nán)

2. gentle; kind
3. effortless; prone to
4. easily; effortlessly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 容易 (“easy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		易2
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		容易
Mandarin	Beijing	容易
	Taiwan	容易
	Jinan	容易
	Xi'an	容易
	Wuhan	容易, 撇脫, 撩撇
	Chengdu	容易, 撇脫
	Guilin	容易
	Yangzhou	容易, 便當
	Hefei	容易
	Singapore	容易
Cantonese	Guangzhou	容易, 易2
	Hong Kong	容易, 易2
	Yangjiang	易容
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	線能
	Singapore (Guangfu)	易2
Gan	Nanchang	容易
Hakka	Meixian	容易
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	容易, 該
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	容易
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	容易, 該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	容易, 該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	容易, 該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	快
Jin	Taiyuan	容易
Min Bei	Jian'ou	容易
Min Dong	Fuzhou	容易, 易3
Min Nan	Xiamen	易3, 快便
	Quanzhou	易3
	Singapore (Hokkien)	易3
	Manila (Hokkien)	易3
	Chaozhou	易3
	Singapore (Teochew)	易3
Wu	Suzhou	便當
	Wenzhou	便當, 便, 容易
Xiang	Changsha	易得
	Shuangfeng	易得, 容易

Compounds

Derived terms from 易

• 三不易
• 反掌之易
• 和易
• 器小易盈
• 坦易
• 大不易
• 夷易
• 容易 (róngyì)
• 小器易盈
• 居大不易
• 居易
• 平易 (píngyì)
• 平易近人 (píngyìjìnrén)
• 平易近民
• 慢易
• 易加卡
• 易北河 (Yìběi Hé)
• 易卜生
• 易可
• 易堂九子
• 易如反掌 (yìrúfǎnzhǎng)
• 易如拾芥
• 易如翻掌
• 易感性 (yìgǎnxìng)
• 易手 (yìshǒu)

• 易拉罐 (yìlāguàn)
• 易易
• 易熔合金
• 易燃物
• 未易才
• 深耕易耨
• 盛筵易散
• 鄙易
• 量小易盈
• 辟易 (bìyì)
• 來之不易／来之不易 (láizhībùyì)
• 始終不易／始终不易
• 嶢嶢易缺／峣峣易缺
• 平心易氣／平心易气 (píngxīnyìqì)
• 平易謙沖／平易谦冲
• 彩雲易散／彩云易散
• 得來不易／得来不易 (déláibùyì)
• 情詞易工／情词易工
• 易刑處分／易刑处分
• 易守難攻／易守难攻
• 易帶／易带
• 易於反掌／易于反掌
• 易知由單／易知由单
• 易窯／易窑 (Yìyáo)
• 易與／易与

• 易通釋／易通释
• 易開罐／易开罐 (yìkāiguàn)
• 樂易／乐易
• 淺易／浅易 (qiǎnyì)
• 淺而易見／浅而易见
• 淺顯易懂／浅显易懂
• 眾擎易舉／众擎易举
• 知易行難／知易行难
• 知難行易／知难行易
• 簡易／简易 (jiǎnyì)
• 簡易師範／简易师范
• 脫易／脱易
• 賢賢易色／贤贤易色
• 輕易／轻易 (qīngyì)
• 輕而易舉／轻而易举 (qīng'éryìjǔ)
• 道近易從／道近易从
• 避難就易／避难就易
• 陰陽易位／阴阳易位
• 險易／险易
• 難易／难易 (nányì)
• 難易適中／难易适中
• 顯而易見／显而易见 (xiǎn'éryìjiàn)
• 馮唐易老／冯唐易老
• 驕易／骄易

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: dễ

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		易
alternative forms		噲／哙 慧

Possibly from 慧 (OC *ɡʷeːds) (Li Ru-long, 2002).

Pronunciation

• Min Dong (BUC): giê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi⁷ / ghoi⁷

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• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kōe
    • Tâi-lô: kuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi⁷ / ghoi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kōi / gōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi¹¹/, /ɡoi¹¹/

Definitions

易

1. (Min) easy; not difficult

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 容易 (“easy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		易2
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		容易
Mandarin	Beijing	容易
	Taiwan	容易
	Jinan	容易
	Xi'an	容易
	Wuhan	容易, 撇脫, 撩撇
	Chengdu	容易, 撇脫
	Guilin	容易
	Yangzhou	容易, 便當
	Hefei	容易
	Singapore	容易
Cantonese	Guangzhou	容易, 易2
	Hong Kong	容易, 易2
	Yangjiang	易容
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	線能
	Singapore (Guangfu)	易2
Gan	Nanchang	容易
Hakka	Meixian	容易
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	容易, 該
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	容易
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	容易, 該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	容易, 該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	容易, 該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	快
Jin	Taiyuan	容易
Min Bei	Jian'ou	容易
Min Dong	Fuzhou	容易, 易3
Min Nan	Xiamen	易3, 快便
	Quanzhou	易3
	Singapore (Hokkien)	易3
	Manila (Hokkien)	易3
	Chaozhou	易3
	Singapore (Teochew)	易3
Wu	Suzhou	便當
	Wenzhou	便當, 便, 容易
Xiang	Changsha	易得
	Shuangfeng	易得, 容易

References

• “易”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

易

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō); やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō); えき (eki, Jōyō)
• Kun: おさめる (osameru, 易める); やさしい (yasashii, 易しい, Jōyō); かえる (kaeru, 易える)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
易
えき Grade: 5
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇk̚).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えき [èkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

Noun

易(えき) • (eki) 

1. divination; fortune-telling

Synonyms

• 卜(うらない) (uranai)
• 占(うら) (ura)
• 卜占(ぼくせん) (bokusen)

Proper noun

易(えき) • (Eki) 

1. Short for 易経 (Ekikyō, “I Ching (Chinese classic text)”).

Affix

易(えき) • (eki) 

1. exchange
2. divination; fortune-telling

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
易
い Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) い​ [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

易(い) • (i) 

1. something easy to do; easiness

Affix

易(い) • (i) 

1. easy; simple

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇk̚).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 역〮 (Yale: yék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	밧ᄭᅩᆯ〮 역	Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (yek) (Yale: yek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575	밧골 역	Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (yek) (Yale: yek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [역]

Hanja

Wikisource

易 (eumhun 바꿀 역 (bakkul yeok))

1. Hanja form^? of 역 (“change; alteration; modification”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 변역 (變易, byeonyeok)
• 불역 (不易, buryeok)
• 교역 (交易, gyoyeok)
• 무역 (貿易, muyeok)
• 주역 (周易, ^juyeok, “the I Ching”)
• 역지사지 (易地思之, yeokjisaji)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean 잉〮 (Yale: í?) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3]	쉬울 이	Recorded as Middle Korean 이 (i) (Yale: i) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [i(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

易 (eumhun 쉬울 이 (swiul i))

1. Hanja form^? of 이 (“easy”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 안이 (安易, ani)
• 용이 (容易, yong'i)
• 평이 (平易, pyeong'i)
• 간이 (簡易, gani, “simplicity”)
• 난이 (難易, nani)
• 난이도 (難易度, nanido, “degree of difficulty”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

Vietnamese

Han character

易: Hán Nôm readings: dịch, dể, dễ, di, diệc, dẻ, dẹ, dị, dịu, rẻ, rể

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