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簡 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
—
Meaning
simple; brief

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

竹 "bamboo" plus 間; short notes written on bamboo slips — hence "brief, simple."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan簡単かんたん簡易かんい書簡しょかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 簡単かんたん

    simple; easy

  • 書簡しょかん

    letter; correspondence

More words with this kanji

  • 簡易かんい
  • 簡潔かんけつ
  • 竹簡ちくかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

作(つく)り方(かた)は簡単(かんたん)だった。

The way to make it was simple.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

簡単書簡簡単single書to wri…筋muscle策plan竹bamboo竺thick竽an anc…干to dry看to wat…巻to rol…甘sweet甲armour
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading カンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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