The Chinese Radical: 易


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Meaning
easy, change    易

Explanation At the top the sun 日 and below its shining 勿: This makes it easy!

Used in these characters:
场
JLPT HSK 2
place, open space, stage
chǎng
土 易 勿
Left: earth 土, right: simplified from 'easy' 易 (= The sun 日 with warming sun shine 勿 makes it easy.)
The earth warmed by the sun with its shine, that's my: place.  
踢
JLPT HSK 2
to kick (a ball), to play (e.g. soccer)
tī
足 易
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: easy 易 (= warming sun 日 shine 勿 makes it easy.)
With the foot it is easy to kick a ball.  
易
JLPT HSK 3
easy, amiable, to change, to exchange
yì
日 勿 易
Top: sun 日, below: rays 勿
Sunshine makes it easy.  
扬
JLPT HSK 4
to raise, hoist, scattering (in the wind), to flutter
yáng
扌 易
Left: hand 扌, right simplified from: 昜 (warming sun 日 with rays 勿)
Use your hands to let it shine in the sun: by raising it.  
汤
JLPT HSK 4
soup, hot or boiling water
tāng
汤 氵 易
Left: water 氵, right simplified from: easy 易 (This shows the warming sun 日 with its shine 勿.)
"Water" is warmed by the sunshine and turns into: a soup.  
肠
JLPT HSK 5
intestines
cháng
肉 易
Left: body part 月/肉, right: simplification of: easy 易 (= warming sun 日 with its shine 勿)
(If you put your hand into the abdomen of a fresh hunted animal) The body's part that is warm [= like warming sunshine] are the intestines.  
烫
JLPT HSK 5
hot, to burn, to scald, to iron
tàng
汤 火 氵 易
Top: soup 汤 (Water 氵 is made by warming sunshine 易 into: a soup.), bottom: fire 火
The soup on the fire is: hot and you will burn.  
荡
JLPT HSK 6
to wash, to squander, to sweep away, dissolute
dàng
艹 汤 易
Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: soup 汤 (Water 氵is turned by warming sunrays 易 into: a soup.)
(There are organic laundry detergents.) When you take plants to make a 'soup' you can use it for washing.  
畅
JLPT HSK 6
free, unimpeded, smooth, at ease, fluent
chàng
申 田 易
Left: speak, explain 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.), right: warming sun shine 易
You speak at warm sunshine: free and unimpeded.  
惕
JLPT HSK 6
fearful, alert, on guard, respectful
tì
忄 易
Left: feeling 忄, right: easy 易 (warming sunshine)
The feeling when everything appears too easy, should be a fearful alert.  
剔
JLPT HSK 6
pick (at teeth), to scrape (meat from bone)
tī
易 刂
Left: easy 易 (warming sunshine), right: knife刂
It is easy to use a knife for picking or scraping.  
锡
JLPT no HSK
tin (chemistry), to bestow, confer, grant
xī
金 易
Left: metal 钅/金, right: warming sun 易
This metal has such a low melting point (231°C), that almost the warming sun can melt it: tin.  
赐
JLPT no HSK
to confer, to bestow, to grant
cì
贝 易
Left: money 贝/貝, right: easy 易 (= warming sunshine)
With money, it is easy that you are confered (allowed) something.  
杨
JLPT no HSK
poplar
yáng
木 易
Left: tree 木, right: easy 易 (= warming sunshine)
This tree is slender, so you have warming sunshine next to it: The poplar.  
疡
JLPT no HSK
ulcer, infection
yáng
疒 易
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: sun with sunrays 易 (瘍 simplified to 疡)
The disease that extends like with rays/shining is the: ulcer.  

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