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Simplicity

Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingカン

JLPT level: N2 Jōyō Grade 6Level 33

Meanings

simplicityRtK
簡素を旨とする武家の茶道である。The style is samurai's one focused on simplicity.wiki
brevity

banknote
bill
note
paper money

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · interval · gates · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1749

Compound words

簡単かんたん

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick

簡易かんい

simple; simplified; easy; plain

簡潔かんけつ

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

簡素かんそ

simple; plain; modest

簡略かんりゃく

simple; brief

書簡しょかん

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

簡裁かんさい

summary court; court of summary offences

簡易保険かんいほけん

postal life insurance

fragment of a historical document

simplified Chinese character

Additional Examples

彼は事故の様子を簡単に説明した。

He gave a short account of the accident.tatoeba

彼は言葉を簡単に学ぶ能力をもっている。

He has the faculty to learn languages easily.tatoeba

彼は計画の骨組みを簡単に説明してくれた。

He gave me a brief outline of the plan.tatoeba

彼は簡単に木にのぼる。

He gets up the tree without difficulty.tatoeba

自動改札機は簡易式。

Automated ticket gates are of the simplified type.wiki

京都府簡易農学校時代

The Simplified Agricultural School of Kyoto Prefecturewiki

表現が簡潔である。

The expression is simple.wiki

表現は簡潔で文章は格調高く、料理の網羅範囲も広い。

It has concise expressions and refined sentences, and covers a wide range of foods.wiki

構造は本屋より簡素である。

Its structure is simpler than that of the primary roof.wiki

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Simple, brief. 竹 (bamboo) + 間 — bamboo slips for short notes. 簡単 — easy.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 簡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step