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易

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 962 / 2,608

Easy

On’yomi
い、えき
Kun’yomi
やさ
Radical
日 Sun (Kangxi 72)

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

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

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, simpleN5
易い やすい easyN1
貿易 ぼうえき tradeN4

易 is rank 962 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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