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易 [yì] (容易 róngyì) easy; (变易) change; 《易经》 Book of Changes; 蜥蜴; 代替; 交换; 賜

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Shuōwén offers competing explanations of the seal form of 易, suggesting first that it depicts a lizard (蜥蜴), maybe a gecko (蝘蜓, 守宮) or chameleon (which changes color easily?); or, in conjunction with the name of the classic 《易经》 Book of Changes, it is also associated with the sun/moon, and with light rays (shining through/dispersing clouds), cf. 昜 yáng. But the oldest forms of 易 look nothing like a lizard, and bear little resemblance to the sun and moon. Instead they are thought to depict a vessel, perhaps like 益 yì (䷩益󰀄; cf. ䷻節节) overflowing with food or drink (☵水); or the three lines like ☰ (⚊陽/䷀乾) represent 卦爻 guàyáo ‘n-gram lines’ in general, or 蓍草 ‘yarrow stalks’, stored in or falling from a divination vessel 皿/鼎 (䷱).
►references: Guǎngyùn:347.36,517.18; Wieger:101c; Karlgren:AD195,GSR850a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1494.1; Mathews:2952; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:492.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:077.1.10
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 <WL>易 [yì] (容易 róngyì) easy; (变易) change; 《易经》 Book of Changes@@; 蜥蜴; 代替; 交换; 賜
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-Shuōwén offers a few competing explanations of the seal form, suggesting first that it depicts a lizard (蜥蜴), maybe a gecko (蝘蜓, 守宮); others infer from that that it is a chameleon (which changes color easily?); or, in conjunction with the name of the classic 《易经》 Book of Changes, it is also associated with the sun/moon, and with light rays (shining through/dispersing clouds), cf. 昜 (陽阳) yáng. But the oldest forms of 易 look nothing like a lizard, and seem to bear little resemblance to the sun and moon. Instead they are thought to depict a vessel, perhaps like 益 yì (䷩) overflowing with water or food. Or the three lines represent ☰ (⚊⚌☰𝌆䷀陽/乾), or 蓍草 ‘yarrow stalks’ stored in or falling from a divination vessel 皿/鼎 (䷱).
+Shuōwén offers competing explanations of the seal form of 易(􁨛), suggesting first that it depicts a lizard (蜥蜴), maybe a gecko (蝘蜓, 守宮) or chameleon (which changes color easily?); or, in conjunction with the name of the classic 《易经》 Book of Changes, it is also associated with the sun/moon, and with light rays (shining through/dispersing clouds), cf. 昜(􁧕) yáng. But the oldest forms of 易 look nothing like a lizard, and bear little resemblance to the sun and moon. Instead they are thought to depict a vessel, perhaps like 益 yì (䷩􀶣益󰀄; cf. ䷻􀱥節节) overflowing with food or drink (☵􁶢水); or the three lines like ☰ (⚊陽/䷀乾) represent 卦爻 guàyáo ‘n-gram lines’ in general, or 蓍草 ‘yarrow stalks’, stored in or falling from a divination vessel 皿/鼎 (䷱).
 #rG.347.36,517.18 W.101c K.AD195,GSR850a D.2.1494.1 M.2952 KX..492.03 B.077.1.10
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