容易

róngyì · HSK 3

easy

容 (contain) + 易 (change) — what easily fits or changes is easy

容 means 'contain/allow' and 易 means 'change/easy'. Together 容易 literally reads as 'allow-change' — something that yields readily, hence 'easy'. 易 by itself already carries the 'easy' meaning in classical Chinese.

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