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Zi:易

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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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Picture of a chameleon, which changes color easily (the modern word for ‘lizard’ is ​蜥​蜴 xīyì).
    The oldest forms of 易 look nothing like a lizard (​蜥​蜴). 易 may have depicted water overflowing from a vessel, just like ​益 yì (䷩). Or later forms are sometimes associated with the sun/moon, with light rays (shining through/dispersing clouds). Compare ​昜(​陽​阳) yáng.
►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
►components: ​日​勿​
►Cantonese: yih- yihk-
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Unicode: U+6613
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