# 易 — Easy

Frequency rank 962 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 魚 (Fish), less common than 惑 (Misguided).

- On’yomi: い、えき
- Kun’yomi: やさ
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The character looks like a sun rising with spreading legs — the easy, natural posture of something effortlessly opening up, like a simple sunrise that just happens.

In words:

- 易しい やさしい — easy, simple
- 易い やすい — easy
- 貿易 ぼうえき — trade

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