易
easy · ready to · simple · fortune-telling · divination
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
sun + 勿
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of sun and not. Changing like the sun.
Symbolism
I Ching, easy, trade. Represents change and exchange.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Reading the I Ching
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
自由貿易
じゆうぼうえき
free trade; free trade
万世不易
ばんせいふえき
eternity; perpetuity; eternity
万代不易
ばんだいふえき
eternity; perpetuity; eternity
易姓革命
えきせいかくめい
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought); revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
千古不易
せんこふえき
eternally unchanging; eternally unchanging
万古不易
ばんこふえき
eternally unchanging; eternally unchanging
不易流行
ふえきりゅうこう
the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable; an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku; the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku
Proverbs & Idioms
易きに流れる
やすきにながれる
To take the easy way
To choose the path of least resistance