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The character 易 combines the sun radical 日 above the component 勿, a structure that has inspired different etymological theories about its original depiction. Some scholars propose it illustrates the sun appearing through clouds, suggesting a change in weather, while others believe it may have represented a chameleon, known for its color-changing abilities. Despite debates over its visual origin, its core meaning has always revolved around change, transformation, and exchange, evident in classical texts like the I Ching, or Book of Changes. This foundational idea of altering circumstances or swapping items naturally extended to the secondary sense of something being easy or simple to accomplish.
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这件事很容易。
我们进行了一笔交易。
编程易学但难精通。
气候易变影响农业。
他们住在简易的房子里。
这幅画已经易手三次。
新手机的设计非常易用。
老年人易感疾病需要定期检查。