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易

yì

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

yì · ji6 (Jyutping)

  1. I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
  2. easy
  3. amiable
  4. to change
  5. to exchange
  6. prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
  7. surname Yi

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

易

Meaning
change; easy
Radical
日
Strokes
8
Components
⿱日勿
Cangjie
APHH
Four-corner
6022.7

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Example sentences

知易行难。

It's one thing to make plans, but quite another to carry them out.

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