简
简
“simple”
Radical: ⺮
Strokes: 13
Level: HSK 3
How 简 is built — stacked top over bottom
⺮
component
间
between
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
Origin
bamboo
Words with 简
简单 jiǎndān — simple
简历 jiǎn lì — Curriculum Vitae (CV)
简直 jiǎn zhí — simply
简化 jiǎn huà — simplify
简陋 jiǎn lòu — simple and crude (of a room or building)
简体字 jiǎn tǐ zì — simplified Chinese character
简要 jiǎn yào — concise
精简 jīng jiǎn — to simplify
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