易
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
易 (radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹竹 (APHH), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱日勿)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
ChineseEdit
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 易 | ||||
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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 |
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 1Edit
simp. and trad. |
易 |
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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.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
易
- to exchange; to interchange
- to change; to alter; to modify
- Short for 易經/易经 (Yìjīng, “I Ching”).
- A surname.
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
simp. and trad. |
易 |
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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa(ː)j (“easy”). Cognate with Burmese လွယ် (lwai, “easy”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
易
- easy; simple; not difficult
- gentle; kind
- effortless; prone to
- easily; effortlessly
SynonymsEdit
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 容易, 易2 |
Hong Kong | 容易, 易2 | |
Yangjiang | 易容 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 容易 |
Hakka | Meixian | 容易 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 容易, 該 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 容易 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 容易, 該 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 容易, 該 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 容易, 該 | |
Yunlin (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 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Chaozhou | 易3 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 便當 |
Wenzhou | 便當, 便, 容易 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 易得 |
Shuangfeng | 易得, 容易 |
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
simp. and trad. |
易 | |
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alternative forms | 噲/哙 |
Possible cognate with Thai กล้วย (glûai, “easy”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
易
SynonymsEdit
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 容易, 易2 |
Hong Kong | 容易, 易2 | |
Yangjiang | 易容 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 容易 |
Hakka | Meixian | 容易 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 容易, 該 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 容易 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 容易, 該 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 容易, 該 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 容易, 該 | |
Yunlin (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 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Chaozhou | 易3 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 便當 |
Wenzhou | 便當, 便, 容易 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 易得 |
Shuangfeng | 易得, 容易 |
ReferencesEdit
- “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–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
ReadingsEdit
- 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 1Edit
Kanji in this term |
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易 |
えき Grade: 5 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇk̚).
The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
SynonymsEdit
Proper nounEdit
AffixEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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易 |
い Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇH).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
AffixEdit
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇk̚).
Historical Readings | ||
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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 | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 밧ᄭᅩᆯ〮 역 | Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (Yale: yek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. |
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 | 밧골 역 | Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (Yale: yek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |
PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jʌ̹k̚]
- Phonetic hangeul: [역]
HanjaEdit
- Hanja form? of 역 (“change; alteration; modification”).
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC jiᴇH).
Historical Readings | ||
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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 | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 쉬울 이[1] | Recorded as Middle Korean 이 (Yale: i) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |
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PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [iː]
- Phonetic hangeul: [이ː]
- Long vowel distinction only applies at the initial position. Most speakers no longer distinguish vowel length at any position.
HanjaEdit
CompoundsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
易: Hán Nôm readings: dịch, dể, dễ, di, diệc, dẻ, dẹ, dị, dịu, rẻ, rể
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