easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
易 centers on the idea of change and simplicity: something that shifts easily, is simple to do, or involves interpreting change through fortune-telling.
易 originally depicted a lizard or chameleon, symbolizing change and adaptability. Over time, the meaning extended to 'easy' and 'divination' (as in the I Ching, the Book of Changes). The modern form is simplified and no longer clearly pictographic.
The top 日 (sun) and bottom 勿 (must not) can be seen as the sun changing shape easily, like a chameleon shifting colors. Imagine the sun transforming effortlessly, making change simple and easy to predict.
For エキ, picture an easy-going lizard named Eki who changes colors without effort: Eki -> エキ, and his simple nature makes fortune-telling a breeze.
easy
easy; simple; plain
(relative) difficulty
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
simple; simplified
easy; simple
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks
trade; commerce
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
easy; simple; light
easy; plain; simple
easy; simple; plain
easy; simple; plain
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
simple; easy
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
fortuneteller; diviner
constancy; immutable
LT Trade Agreement (1962); Memorandum Concerning Sino-Japanese Long-Term Comprehensive Trade
easy to do