Today’s #kanji is #易, which is a pictogram and it is the original form of 蜴, a lizard. Because lizards can change their skin colour, 易 has the meaning of “change” apparently although it is not the first meaning I would think of.
Meaning: to change, to transform, easy
Reading: エキ、イ、やさ、やす
易者(エキシャ): (n) a fortune-teller although 占(うらな)い師(シ) is a more common word for it.
交易(コウエキ): (n) trade, commerce, barter
貿易(ボウエキ): (n) (foreign) trade, (international) commerce
安易(アンイ): (na-adj) easy, easygoing, lighthearted, sloppy, careless
簡易(カンイ): (na-adj) simple, simplified, easy, plain
難易度(ナンイド): (n) (a degree of) difficulty
平易(ヘイイ): (na-adj) easy (to understand), plain
容易(ヨウイ): (na-adj) easy, simple, manageable
易(やさ)しい: (i-adj) easy, simple, light, plain
易(やす)い: (i-adj) easy, simple, light
[verb stem]+易(やす)い = easy to ~
食(た)べ易(やす)い: easy to eat