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易
yì
1. easy
2. amiable
3. to change
4. to exchange
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

易
yì
to change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
HSK 3 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

不易
bùyì
not easy to do sth
交易
jiāoyì
(business) transaction
HSK 6
周易
Zhōuyì
another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) [[易經|易经<Yìjīng>]]
容易
róngyì
easy
HSK 3
平易
píngyì
amiable (manner)
易于
yìyú
very likely
易传
YìZhuàn
Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" [[易經|易经<Yìjīng>]]
易学
yìxué
easy to learn
易弯
yìwān
flexible
易懂
yìdǒng
easy to understand
易溶
yìróng
soluble
易碎
yìsuì
brittle
易经
Yìjīng
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
易县
Yìxiàn
Yi county in Baoding [[保定<Bǎodìng>]], Hebei
易读
yìdú
legible
易变
yìbiàn
mutable
易趣
yìqù
eBay (web auction company)
易逝
yìshì
passing
易门
Yìmén
Yimen county in Yuxi [[玉溪<Yùxī>]], Yunnan
浅易
qiǎnyì
easy

Alternate Entries

易
Yì
surname Yi / abbr. for [[易經|易经<Yìjīng>]], the Book of Changes

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
460
Word Frequency Rank
1,511 of 84,292