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簡

JLPT N2 SL6 18 strokes Frequency: #983

Meanings

Simplicity, Brevity

Radicals

⺮

Decomposition

⿱⺮間

Etymology

Pictophonetic: bamboo

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 18

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

16 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

17 horizontal bottom-to-top

18 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン kan

ケン ken

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふだ fuda

えら era

Words Using This Kanji

80 words total

Other (20 words)

簡易保険かんいほけん

postal life insurance

簡裁かんさい

summary court

簡明かんめい

terse

竹簡ちくかん

bamboo writing strip

簡抜かんばつ

selection

繁簡はんかん

complexity and simplicity

書簡体小説しょかんたいしょうせつ

novel written in epistolary style

書簡文しょかんぶん

epistolary style

簡易裁判所かんいさいばんしょ

summary court

簡単服かんたんふく

simple or lightweight clothing

簡易食堂かんいしょくどう

cafeteria

手簡しゅかん

letter

簡札かんさつ

wooden tag

郵便書簡ゆうびんしょかん

letter-card

錯簡さっかん

pages (in a book) out of order due to an error in binding

簡易型携帯電話かんいがたけいたいでんわ

personal handyphone system

簡易ベッドかんいベッド

cot

簡単明瞭かんたんめいりょう

simple and clear

簡易軽便かんいけいべん

simple, easy, and convenient

簡明率直かんめいそっちょく

simple, plain, and artless

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