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易 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日心竹竹 (APHH), four-corner 60227, composition ⿱日勿)
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 script and bronze inscriptions: a pictogram (象形) of a filled container, the original form of 賜 (OC *sleːɡs, “to confer, to bestow”). Possibly specialised from 益 (OC *qleɡ, “to increase, to add”).
simp. and trad. |
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2nd round simp. | 𠃓 |
From 移 (OC *lal, “to change; to alter”) + k-extension (Schuessler, 2007).
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易
simp. and trad. |
易 |
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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa(ː)j (“easy”). Cognate with Burmese လွယ် (lwai, “easy”).
易
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 易2 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 容易 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 容易 |
Taiwan | 容易 | |
Singapore | 容易 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 容易 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 容易 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 容易, 撇脫 |
Wuhan | 容易, 撇脫, 撩撇 | |
Guilin | 容易 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 容易, 便當 |
Hefei | 容易 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 容易, 易2 |
Hong Kong | 容易, 易2 | |
Yangjiang | 易容 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 線能 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 易2 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 容易 |
Hakka | Meixian | 容易 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 容易, 該 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 容易 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 容易, 該 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 容易, 該 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 容易, 該 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 快 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 容易 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 容易 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 容易, 易3 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 易3, 快便 |
Quanzhou | 易3 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Chaozhou | 易3 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 易3 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 便當 |
Wenzhou | 便當, 便, 容易 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 易得 |
Shuangfeng | 易得, 容易 |
simp. and trad. |
易 | |
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alternative forms | 噲/哙 慧 |
Possibly from 慧 (OC *ɡʷeːds) (Li Ru-long, 2002).
易
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 易2 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 容易 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 容易 |
Taiwan | 容易 | |
Singapore | 容易 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 容易 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 容易 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 容易, 撇脫 |
Wuhan | 容易, 撇脫, 撩撇 | |
Guilin | 容易 | |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 容易, 便當 |
Hefei | 容易 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 容易, 易2 |
Hong Kong | 容易, 易2 | |
Yangjiang | 易容 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 線能 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 易2 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 容易 |
Hakka | Meixian | 容易 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 容易, 該 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 容易 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 容易, 該 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 容易, 該 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 容易, 該 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 快 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 容易 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 容易 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 容易, 易3 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 易3, 快便 |
Quanzhou | 易3 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 易3 | |
Chaozhou | 易3 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 易3 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 便當 |
Wenzhou | 便當, 便, 容易 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 易得 |
Shuangfeng | 易得, 容易 |
Kanji in this term |
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易 |
えき Grade: 5 |
kan'on |
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC yek).
The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.
Kanji in this term |
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易 |
い Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC yeH).
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC yek).
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 (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 밧ᄭᅩᆯ〮 역 | Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (yek) (Yale: yek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. |
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 | 밧골 역 | Recorded as Middle Korean 역 (yek) (Yale: yek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |
From Middle Chinese 易 (MC yeH).
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 (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 쉬울 이[1] | Recorded as Middle Korean 이 (i) (Yale: i) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576. |
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易: Hán Nôm readings: dịch, dể, dễ, di, diệc, dẻ, dẹ, dị, dịu, rẻ, rể
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